June 30, 2012
Graph of the Day: Projected U.S. Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions, 2008-2035
Carbon emissions keep going up, up, and up. The CAP report spends a lot of time dwelling on the consequences of unchecked global warming — e.g., by 2030 wildfires in Western states like Montana will increase by 300 percent. But they also point out that the sort of energy security promised by API is still no defense against high prices and other shocks.
Metric misspelled. Legend does not match axis descriptions. A poor chart which should be redone.