The article below will educate you about how different is the United States from some other countries when it comes to responding to climate change and the looming fossil-fuel crisis. I’d known that Denmark was bicycle friendly, but I had no idea of the extent to which it is promoting public transportation and discouraging automobile [...]
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Denmark Does It Differently — Transportation First
February 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Alternative Energy, CO2, Climate, Transportation
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Windmills in Europe Not Reducing Climate Emissions
February 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Alternative Energy, Carbon Trading, Climate, Solar
Der Spiegel has a fascinating article on windmills and carbon trading. It argues that although renewable energy in Germany has been an amazing success story, it hasn’t reduced carbon emissions — because the windmills get carbon-saving certificates that are then sold to others to allow them to emit an equal amount (cap and trade). The [...]
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