High-Res Map of the U.S. Carbon Footprint

[Capper]

A team of scientists has completed a carbon dioxide emissions inventory of the United States plotted down to 100-square-kilometer chunks.
That means that the NASA- and Department of Energy-funded scientists can detail emissions across all 9 million square kilometers that compose the United States. For a full explanation, check out the video that Purdue's Kevin Gurney put together, which features a number of other excellent CO2 visualizations. Andy Revkin, the New York Times' environment-beat writer, put a memorable headline on a post about the video, calling it, "Breath of a Nation."
The work, known as The Vulcan Project, has already yielded a significant discovery: Previous CO2 estimates that used population as a proxy for emissions overestimated the Northeast's greenhouse-gas generation, while underestimating the coal-heavy Southeast's contribution.
Now, given the opposition of the Southeast's congressional delegations to climate-change action, I'd like to see the new emissions map matched up with House and Senate districts.
Image: Courtesy The Vulcan Project. The units are log(million metric tons/year/100 square km.), so sayeth our team of commenters. The data is drawn from 2002.

Scientists Unveil High-Res Map of the U.S. Carbon Footprint

[Stormcrow]

See that nasty red area right at the southern most part of Maine? Yeah, thats me.

[azianai]

Ha i got you beat stormcrow, see that strip of red labeled New York? Thats all me =)

[gvblake22]

How does the desert regions have negative CO2 emissions?

[onebxr]

That big red spot in Dallas, that is all the methane, not CO2 being released due to too much mexican food.
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[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Stormcrow

See that nasty red area right at the southern most part of Maine? Yeah, thats me.

Ew, someone over there keeps inviting me saying Maine is nice. Fsck that, I say.

[Stormcrow]

Maine is very nice, if you like trees, dirt, and rocks. Beautiful place for the outdoorsman. That area in the southern coast is heavily industralized, it's called "Boston North" because everyone commutes from here to Boston on a regular basis, about an hour and a half. Just a bit north past Portland, and it's very pristine forest and rugged trails. Excellent fishing too out on Sebago Lake.

[Zambini]

You'd think San Francisco would be a lesser red.

'course the smugstorm is often confused with carbon emissions on these things

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Stormcrow

Maine is very nice, if you like trees, dirt, and rocks. Beautiful place for the outdoorsman. That area in the southern coast is heavily industralized, it's called "Boston North" because everyone commutes from here to Boston on a regular basis, about an hour and a half. Just a bit north past Portland, and it's very pristine forest and rugged trails. Excellent fishing too out on Sebago Lake.

Said person tried to get me in for the blueberries or some crap. :P

[onebxr]

Originally Posted by Stormcrow

Maine is very nice, if you like trees, dirt, and rocks. Beautiful place for the outdoorsman. That area in the southern coast is heavily industralized, it's called "Boston North" because everyone commutes from here to Boston on a regular basis, about an hour and a half. Just a bit north past Portland, and it's very pristine forest and rugged trails. Excellent fishing too out on Sebago Lake.

I have been fishing at lake Meddibemps, we averaged about 100 smallmouth bass per person per day. Man that was a fun trip.
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