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The Sweden Hereafter
Sweden aims to be oil-free in 15 years |
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09 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Sweden Hereafter Sweden aims to be oil-free in 15 years It's official: Sweden is the coolest ... country ... evar. Already widely admired for meatballs, Ikea, and, um, other Swedish stuff, the country has now announced its aim to have an oil-free economy by 2020. The Swedes cut the percentage of their energy coming from oil from 77 percent in 1970 to 32 percent in 2003, and they're favoring biofuels over n ... |
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