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Sweden To Be Oil-Free By 2020

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bold-statements-only-time-will-tell dept.

Philoneist.com writes "Treehugger is reporting that the 'Minister for Sustainable Development Mona Sahlin has declared that Sweden is going to become the first country in the world to break the dependence on fossil energy.'" Sweden's hope is to have all of the country's energy supplied by only renewable resources, ridding the country of cars that run on gasoline and oil-heated homes.

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  1. Hope they've seen "Syriana" by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apparently, the US doesn't take kindly to other countries going cold-turkey on oil.

    //I try to get out, and they just puullllll me back in...