Idaho, Carbon Hero

CAP’s got a map up tracking the per capita carbon emissions of each state:

There’s something of a dog-bites-man quality to most of these findings, but most people will probably, like me, have been totally unaware that Idaho gets 78 percent of its energy from hydroelectric dams. This makes me a bit surprised that Idaho politicians aren’t more supportive of carbon pricing initiatives. I understand that it’s a very conservative state, but their per capita emissions are only about half of the national average — Idahoans ought to come out way ahead under a plan where permits are sold (or emissions are taxed) and the revenue is either rebated or else spent on something useful.