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Iceland to Voluntarily Go Oil Free in 30-40 Years
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."
What you don't realize is the cultural difference. As (competely) opposite to US in EU and especially in (very) small, isolated countries like Iceland the concept of "comunity" at a country scale is alive and thriving. While you (like to) have your gov. as a simple custodian of a brownian movement w/ clear but relatively lax bounds,"over here" we _love_ to have long term future plans which are nation-wide agreed/accepted and which will be abode by disregarding (small) ideological shifts of one or other succeeding govs.
/flame mode on/
While apparently in US "you" love having governemts as simple custodians of daily nation problems (for Christ sake, "you" even use the term administration !!) having absoutely no long term considerations, no respect for world-wide problems (e.g. fossil fuel depletion, environment, 3rd world countries problems, etc, etc etc.) is so blatantly evident in the uttermost idicoy of your present "admininstration" and it will sooner or later come back to you (if I would exagerate I would even dare to say that in a horrible, twisted way it already did on Sep 11).
"Each country has the leaders it deserves" (Nicolae Iorga)
/flame mode off/
it's hard to make 1000 year goals when the party in control believes that Christ is coming back "any day now" to whisk us all off to heaven. Okay, not all of us. Just the Baptists.
These are my friends, See how they glisten. See this one shine, how he smiles in the light.
The US will never be free of oil until it starts to design cities and towns with decent public transportation, cycle lanes and pedestrian paths and crossings. Or while cities and towns are allowed to sprawl with miles upon mile of strip malls with no centralised shopping areas or business districts as such. Or while motor companies continue to sell "lifestyle" SUVs which have horrendous mileage. Or while its citizens have a fat ass drive everywhere mentality. Or while you elect a president who continues to promote oil for the benefit of his own pocket and his oil buddies.