Sounds like a great vacation. (It is. I’ve been there a couple of times.) But the Portuguese are putting their ocean waters, abundant wind and sun to another use as well: producing renewable energy. Libby Rosenthal had a characteristically interesting and informative article in the NYT last week on Portugal’s inspiring push to provide 45% of their electricity from renewables this year – up from just 17% in 2005. That’s not including large-scale hydropower. Earth to America!
