Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Graphing GHG Emissions

It's always interesting to graph data, and here is a graph of yearly GHG emissions for a sample of Fortune 500 firms from various industries. Expectedly, oil (Exxon) and utilities (AEP), as mainly direct emitters, are huge outliners from even large manufacturers like Caterpillar and 3M.

Graph 1


















Data for Graph 1


Name 000 CO2MT
Sun Microsystems 235
Advanced Micro Devices 341
Staples 381
Dell 425
Raytheon 708
Abbott 1,352
Bank of America Corporation 1,380
Eastman Kodak Company 1,856
Caterpillar Inc. 2,343
Anheuser-Busch Companies 3,032
3M 6,540
General Motors 10,295
Wal-mart 20,389
American Electric Power 145,400
Exxon Mobil
158,800



Graph 2
















Data for Graph 2

SunMicro 235
Raytheon 708
BankofAmerica 1,380
Caterpillar 2,343
AnheuserBusch 3,032
3M 6,540

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