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Samsø, Denmark, uses only renewable energy sources.
The island of Samsø, off Denmark's east coast, has wasted no time. Between 1998 and 2007 it abandoned its total dependence on imported fossil fuels and now relies entirely on renewables, mainly wind and biomass. It's been singled out as the world's first 100% renewable island by the Rapid Transition Alliance (RTA), which says Samsø can teach the world some vital lessons about changing fast and radically.
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Danish Island of Samsø Ends Fossil Fuel Use
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Thursday February 14 2019, @07:14PM
I took the family on a road trip up there a couple summers ago, taking the ferry over from Cape Breton Island to Port aux Basques. We went up the west side all the way to St. Anthony and L'Anse aux Meadows. We enjoyed the rest of the Maritimes quite a lot, but Newfoundland was three steps up from even that high level. Gros Morne National Park was very cool with its fjords, and if you have any interest in geology it's the place where they proved plate tectonics. L'Anse aux Meadows and the viking site was a stunning place where you can well understand the Norse wanting to shelter; St. Anthony nearby with its icebergs floating by down Iceberg Alley and whales playing in the surf below the headlands was worth a visit by itself. But the best part of visiting Newfoundland was the Newfies. Very kind, salt-of-the-earth people.
Washington DC delenda est.