Sorry, folks, for not writing sooner, but we were away for a long July Fourth weekend. Here are some interesting bits now, though. I'll have more tomorrow.
Denmark , My favorite journalist, Elizabeth Kolbert, has another minor masterpiece, at the "New Yorker" this week, The Island in the Wind. She's writing about a nearly zero-carbon enclave of 4,300 people in a Danish farming community. Using windpower for electricity and biomass for district heating, she uses this microcosm to show what's possible in the world. Fantastic story.
Switzerland , In the same article, we learn about a serious Swiss initiative to make 2,000 watts of energy consumption the standard for post-industrial societies. It's a fascinating story. At the post below on India, I quoted Indian PM Manmohan Singh to the effect that it's necessary to achieve "convergence" in energy use. The Swiss may well be showing us how. See also this on the 2,000 Watt project from the superb website, "World Changing."
Germany , Finally, here's a great story from Renewable Energy World on geothermal power. (I wrote about geothermal, particularly a critical MIT study, here a while back.) The Germans are hoping to further their extraordinary progress on renewables by opening up the geothermal industry.
