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Iceland to Voluntarily Go Oil Free in 30-40 Years

Posted by chrisd on from the one-less-country-that-is-beholden-to-the-middle-east dept.

scottennis writes "Yahoo is carrying a story about Iceland's plan to wean itself from fossil fuels. The article states that Iceland is giving itself 30-40 years to kick the oil habit completely. Of course some researchers estimate that in 30-40 years we won't have much of a choice."

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  1. Relevance of Iceland. by suss · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Iceland.
    Population: 277,906 (July 2001 est.)

    There's more people in an average city.
    Anything Iceland does is not really relevant on a world scale.

    In other news: Grandma Fluegelbaum decides not to buy any more prunejuice!
    Let's all follow her example!
    There will be a prunejuice shortage in 30 years anyway!