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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. Re:The world should do it sooner! by RalphSlate · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's even worse than people think it is. From the article:

    After all, 93 percent of all houses are already heated by eco-friendly geothermal energy.

    So they are saying that they will take 30-40 years to remove themselves from dependence on oil, even though they are the country with the best starting point to do this (considering that they are situated in geothermal heaven).

    Ralph

  2. good news for my waistline by tps12 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now I can eat Iceland with all of the taste, but none of the guilt.

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