Sweden Plans to be Free from Oil in 2020

Friday, February 24, 2006

Thanks to Bryant Moroder from Sustain Dane for calling attention to the plans of Sweden:

Minister for Sustainable Development Mona Sahlin has declared that Swedenis going to become the first country in the world to break the dependence on fossil energy. Swedenwill stop using oil by 2020 and eventually the energy supply of the country will be based on renewable energy only. The goal is to gradually rid the country of gasoline-run cars and oil-heated homes.

This is going to be achieved through tax discounts, more efficiency in energy and by large-scale investments in renewable energy and in research. Already next year there will be tax incentives for single family homeowners to switch from oil to renewable energy to heat their homes. Such financial incentives are already available to libraries, aquatic facilities and hospitals that want to switch to more efficient renewable energy.

Continue reading the full article at Post Carbon Institute.