Erwin Proell, the governor of Lower Austria (the largest of Austria's 9 states, with a population of 1.6 million) announced on Thursday that his state now gets 100% of its electricity from renewable sources (63% hydroelectric, 26% wind, 9% biomass and 2% solar).
"Since 2002 we have invested 2.8 billion euros ($3bn) in eco-electricity, from solar parks to renewing (hydroelectric) stations on the Danube," Proell told a news conference.
(Score: 4, Funny) by bob_super on Friday November 06 2015, @11:52PM
Sure, it's easier to go all-renewable when you only need to put a bunch of Kangaroos on treadmills.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday November 07 2015, @12:07AM
This is Austria, not Australia.
And their accomplishments won't matter anyway, because the place will be overrun by filthy immigrant savages leaving a sea of reckless breeding, garbage, and violence in their wake. The technology will be destroyed and people will be once again living in caves and mud-huts.
O' Jesus Christ -- save our White, Christian nations from the plagues of filthy locusts!
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Saturday November 07 2015, @12:19AM
The trolling of the troll! He called them Krauts in the title, which is also incorrect, but that's the point.
(Score: 5, Funny) by deadstick on Saturday November 07 2015, @01:53AM
I bought a T-shirt in Salzburg that proclaimed NO KANGAROOS IN AUSTRIA over a picture of cows dancing on an Alpine mountainside, on their hind feet, holding calves in belly pouches.
Sadly, it was cheap and crappy and didn't last long. But I'll never forget those Mozartkugeln...
(Score: 1) by xav on Saturday November 07 2015, @03:09AM
> But I'll never forget those Mozartkugeln
Which translates to "But I'll never forget those Mozart balls"...
I had to do some searching to understand what you meant.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2015, @11:24PM
Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] is claiming they taste just like candy. caveat lambens.
(Score: 2) by deadstick on Sunday November 08 2015, @11:29PM
Yes, they're not like Rocky Mountain oysters (though I like those much better than real oysters).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2015, @05:18AM
yORE A Genus E-fooled.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2015, @11:17PM
But it's Lower Austria. You know, the bit "down under" the rest.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2015, @12:16AM
lower australia is home to one of the world's largest known shallow deposits of brown coal in the world, as well as large natural gas reserves... no matter how much coin the greenies can scrounge there's no way lower australia will ever be powered by all renewable sources