A model for the world: Samsø, Denmark, population 4,300. Energy self-sufficient thanks to a cooperative alternative energy system developed since 1997. Something to be proud of, take hope in, be a part of, spread around the world. Community initiatives, leadership, follow-through. Let's get going! The Danes have been at the task since the 1970s. The USA dropped the ball when Ronald Reagan ousted Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election. But: thirty years late is better than never . . .
My Dad and I caught an update on Samsø thanks to an episode (5) of PBS' Need to Know aired on Friday, June 4, 2010 (with John Larson). Seeing that and a re-broadcast of an interview with Neil Young by Charlie Rose were both synergistically inspiring.
Photos courtesy of the Samsø Energy Academy:
http://www.energiakademiet.dk/default_uk.asp
To mix metaphors wildly in the wind mill: crying over spilt oil won't amount to a hill of beans if we don't take off in another direction -- and "right quick."
Today's Rune: Movement.
3 comments:
Yeah, we got in bed with oil during the Reagan years and we've been there ever since
知道他有了外遇
面對他的低聲下氣妳冷嘲熱諷、無理取鬧
妳瘋狂似的大吵大鬧
甚至到他的公司去亂、向他的親友抱怨、向鄰居們哭訴…
妳把他的外遇鬧的人盡皆知
最後，妳把他的愧疚消耗殆盡…
最後，妳把他想要回頭的念頭打消…
最後，妳自己把他推向外遇的第三者身邊…
Norway is using a lot of the wealth generated by the North Sea oil to work toward a sustainable energy future. I'm hoping that the disaster in the Gulf will push Americans the same way.
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