I wrote about bio-energy and Växjö Sweden a couple months ago. I just found out that they won an award for Best Environmental Practice from the Union of Baltic Cities. Much of their success is from the use of bio-energy.
http://www.vaxjo.se/vaxjo_templates/Page.aspx?id=1661
http://www.ubc-action21.net/award2007.htm
"The emissions of carbon dioxide from Växjö have decreased by a fantastic 30 % per capita between 1993 and 2006. This means that every citizen of Växjö contributes to the climate change with 3,232 kg CO2. This level is far below the global average...The result is mainly due to the big share of biomass used for heating. In the heating sector, nearly 90 % comes from renewable energy sources."
How about the idea of NW Wisconsin giving out an award every year or every other year for exceptional bio-energy projects? Perhaps there could be two or three different categories.
Friday, November 30, 2007
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I am from Mexico and I am currently a graduate student in New Mexico. This information about bio-energy is really great. I enjoyed reading about how they are doing things in Sweden. I think the US, Mexico, and our whole continent could probably learn a lot from them. It would be great if our countries could put more requirements or incentives for bio-energy. Certain bio-energy issues could also have a positive impact on the immigration issue between our two countries. For instance, altering the bio-energy policy could reduce the number of people who have a desire to come across the border illegally. Like one of the other entries talks about, one needs to look at the wholistic scope of things.
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