On September 16, 2009
Iceland’s President Pushes for EVs…And a 100 Percent Clean Energy Economy
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND—The President of Iceland lives in Bessastadir, a historic, 19th-century residence on a peninsula. From a distance, it resembles the Bush compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, but up close it’s notable for the lack of formality. The trappings of power are anathema in Iceland, where even Bjork can count on eating a quiet dinner in the capital city’s excellent fish restaurants. His Excellency Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was a featured speaker at the Driving Sustainability ’09 conference in Reykjavik. “Iceland is a model as well as an inspiration,” he said. “We have shown that it is possible to move from being predominantly dependent on fossil fuel to be one of the leading clean energy countries in the world. Now we’re developing…
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