If America had followed Jimmy Carter's lead on energy policy for the last 30 years...

[MrScorpio]

Our Energy Policy would look more like Denmark's today

Denmark's Energy Policy 2008-2011

The energy policy for the period 2008-2011 has the aim of further reducing Denmark's dependency on fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas), and contains arange of initiatives aimed at ensuring that Denmark meets its obligations and pledges in relation to the integrated climate and energy proposal put forward by the European Commission in January 2008.


The range of initiatives covers energy savings and energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy, energy taxes, more effective energy technologies, and transport.

Energy savings

In the energy savings area, the ambitious aim has been set of decreasing gross energy consumption by 2% up to 2011 and by 4% up to 2020, compared to 2006.

Further initiatives include higher energy efficiency targets for end users and substantially reduced energy consumption in new buildings.

Campaigns will be instituted to promote energy savings in buildings and a knowledge centre for energy savings in buildings will be established.

Renewable energy

Renewable energy initiatives include the use of more biomass/waste and less fossil fuels in central combined heat and power stations, and programmes to increase the deployment of wind turbines both on land and offshore. Regarding the latter, the government plans to invite tenders for two offshore wind farms each of 200 MW capacity, slated to come on stream in 2012.


http://www.denmark.dk/en/menu/Climate-Energy/Denmarks-Energy-Policy-2008-2011/Denmarks-Energy-Policy.htm

Carter put solar panels on the White House... The man walked the talk.

The short sightedness of the GOP is screwing us today to no end.

[librechik]

1. Washington HATES PROGRESS

and especially progressives. And it's not just the GOP. I could accept this attitude if it didn't cause us to flush this country down the toilet with stupidity. I could accept it if it were the smart way to go, what with Global Warming breathing down our necks. It isn't smart, (unless you are a dirty energy company getting its coffers filled endlessly) and I have been furious with the ruling class since Reagan took down the solar panels.

[Fumesucker]

7. Well, the opposite of pro is con, so..

The opposite of progress is congress..

[taterguy]

2. If a frog had wings he wouldn't go bumpity bump on his ass

We're AMERICANS.

We like V-8s and living as far away as possible from undesirables.

Are there any undesirables in Denmark?

Ask the Finns!

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, MrScorpio.

[zeemike]

4. I followed Jimmy Carter's lead

I bought a VW diesel rabbit that got 50mpg....and drove it over 200.000 miles....what I saved on fuel cost paid for the car.
It was the only new car I ever owned.

[Bosso 63]

5. I was thinking about Carter at 3:00AM

Where would we be now if we had the courage to deal with energy dependence back then, but alas, the US went with the "Morning in America" hook, line, and sinker.

[damntexdem]

6. One of our smartest presidents ever.

Thus doomed to fail. ;-)

[Quantess]

8. Nobody liked Carter's message, though.

It's like telling kids to eat their vegetables.