Facts: Some mentioned, some not...

The Herald Tribune had a story yesterday noting that China is the number one producer of carbon dioxide, surpassing the United States. The article goes on to note that on a per-capita basis, the United States still produces around 4 times what China does. This is all fine as far as it goes, but why not mention that on a GDP basis we emit only half as much as China does? Our carbon emissions are slightly less than China's, but our production of goods and services is twice theirs.

It is like if there were two delivery companies that used the same amount of fuel, but one did twice as much business and drove 30 MPG Hondas and the other used the same fuel by having a fleet which gets 15 MPG.