%0 Journal Article
%T State Level Carbon Dioxide Emissions of India 1980 - 2000
%A Tapas Ghoshal
%A Ranajoy Bhattacharyya
%J Contemporary Issues and Ideas in Social Sciences
%D 2008
%I Society for Research in Social Sciences
%X India's state wise $C O_2$ emission between 1980 and 2000 isestimated from their fuel usage patterns. It is found that coal isthe most important source of $C O_2$ in all the states. Therelationship between per capita gross state domestic product and$C O_2$ follows an inverted U-shape. The shape is totally dictatedby the inverted U-shaped relationship between per capita grossstate domestic product and coal consumption.
%U http://journal.ciiss.net/index.php/ciiss/article/view/60/54