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amatulic t1_isztmfk wrote

Why are the biggest emitters (US and China) omitted?

And what is "price"? Cost of health care as a result of emissions? Spot price of fossil fuels used to produce those emissions? Price of implementing energy alternatives to produce the same power as produced by emission-producing powerplants? Price of carbon credits in each country? Total cost of paying for carbon credits?

What are your sources for data? Please be specific, otherwise the graph is meaningless.

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11160704 t1_iszu5p2 wrote

A carbon price means an additional price (a tax or a fee or an allowance that has to be bought) for emitting carbon by burning fossil fuels.

As far as I know, both the US and China don't have a national carbon price.

The US has it in some states like California, China has some test projects but I think they are not yet rolled out on a larger scale.

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amatulic t1_iszutl0 wrote

That's true. The point remains that one cannot tell what "price" means in the context of that chart. Maybe it's carbon credits, given that US and China are omitted. Only the OP really knows.

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scottpaulin OP t1_iszuzqe wrote

Oh I didn't know there were plans in US and some test projects in China

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