Sweden Plans to End Dependence on FFs for Energy !

nojelc · Coal Joined: Dec 26, 2005 Posts: 1 Location: UK

This is an interesting one .

"Sweden says it aims to completely wean itself off oil within 15 years - without building new nuclear plants."

The first occurrence that I have seen of TPTB at national level acknowledging the problems associated with PO and apparently committing to doing something about it.

FireJack · Heavy Crude Joined: Mar 16, 2005 Posts: 456

The fact that their worried about peak oil is interesting. I wonder if they realize just how hard replacing oil will be. I assume they hope to maintain the current status of living. Realistcally in order to do this they would have to force the way the majority of people live, like move them into small carless communities, make them grow and eat local food, make most of their own stuff etc. Could they, would they?

sameu

In 2003, 26% of all energy consumed came from renewables, compared with an EU average of 6%.

they clearly have been thinking this more through then the average european country

now they have a head start and even then they'll still need 15 years to be oil-free, you can guess how screwed the countries with their 6% will be when tshtf

Gorm

Properly organised there will not be any foodproblems in Sweden, there are enugth farm and farmers in present. There is a lot of prime farmland, lots of woods, hydroelectrics, metalores of diffrent kinds, including about 15% of known uranium reserves world-wide.

everything could be pretty mutch ok if not for two things, Swden is not a world of its own, and the problems of Germany, Britan, france, netherlands will be our problems. And there is the massive, third-world immigration that the elites of sweden see as a nobel thing. totaly unneccacary and wil things a lot more difficult in the years to come.

chatool · Coal Joined: Feb 08, 2006 Posts: 2

Here is the original article in the Guardian:

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1705315,00.html

faerye · Coal Joined: Jan 30, 2006 Posts: 6

deafskeptic · Heavy Crude Joined: Nov 02, 2005 Posts: 105

I am glad to hear that Sweden is planning on an oil-free economy and that is heartening news to hear that all those involed in effort are working togther to make this happen.

Free

Very impressive, good on them, this is the way to go!

I really hope this has an exemplary function Europe-wide...

It is not going unnoticed at least, today this made the frontpage of Spiegel Online (in German):

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/erde/0,1518,399996,00.html
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Wolfeyes

I've always admired people in Scandinavia for their care about their own countries and care about ecology,I believe Sweden and generally Scandinavia will succeed,their political system is not so corrupt/spoilt as in other countries and society is open and innovative to new ideas.I was once in Sweden, it was like "everybody is dead,or what?" I've never seen such quiet and calm city.

Sys1 · Intermediate Crude Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Posts: 680

Oil free economy is nonsense. They should be modest and say "less oil dependant economy".

Wolfeyes

Sys1 · Intermediate Crude Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Posts: 680

Wolfeyes : Sure, but back there, we were not 6,5 billions on Earth. More over, i'm sorry but i hear this "oil-free economy" as some kind of business as usual message to medias, just as if oil is something than could be easily replace. Soon people will realize that oil is to this civilization what blood is to their body.

MonteQuest

Gorm

Sweden do not have any oilproduction. Move 15 years in to the future, and there migth not be any other options than to run the economy without oil. Better then figthing wars to get what will be left at that time.

oilfreeandhappy

The goal is for every citizen to have an alternative to oil for all their energy needs:

"Our dependency on oil should be broken by 2020," said Mona Sahlin, minister of sustainable development. "There shall always be better alternatives to oil, which means no house should need oil for heating, and no driver should need to turn solely to gasoline."