Swedish island prepares fossil-fuel free future

The Swedish island of Gotland in the middle of the Baltic is aiming to rid itself of fossil fuel within the next 15 years, using only sustainable energy from wind, biogas and solar panels to meet the electricity needs of its 57,000 inhabitants. Duration: 02:30

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• CLIMATE
• SWEDEN
• GOTLAND
• ENERGY

[Plutonwolf]

Oh yes! This is the true way to proceed! It is so possible to, if not eliminate, then to greatly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and all of the destructive environmental baggage that this addiction carries with it!

Ideas like this need to be shared out and utilized across all of the western world.

[Plutonwolf]

I am so scared now!!! I need my mommy, all of these happy looking people HAVE to be up to something terrible! Only people who are evil are ever happy! I mean...look at americans, they are all so unhappy and what is the best country in the world?

[claudesv]

"The suggestion that petroleum might have arisen from some transformation of squashed fish or biological detritus is surely the silliest notion to have been entertained by substantial numbers of persons over an extended period of time." Fred Hoyle.

[xhagast]

This is nothing. I hear that one of the Canary Islands is using wind to produce all the water it needs already.

These Swedes are saving a FORTUNE and avoiding polution. That is what being Green means.  Spending a fortune polluting is what being SCUM means.

Heard somebody say: drill baby, drill!! Must have been some anti-American traitor.

[MrYpres]

americans have this thing for insulting the french, but at least the had enough balls to revolt when their monarchy was screwing them around, americans get attacked by their own gov. and have their consitutional rights taken away with the patriot act and do nothing about it, so who are the real cowards?

[MrYpres]

americans are right on every issue in the world, the whole world who dissagrees are wrong

no one like you, shadd up

[Plutonwolf]

At least you spelled the word correctly. But....you didn't capitalize or punctuate. You lose.

[classicallady]

LMFAO!

[classicallady]

Pluton did you noticethe stress on their faces?Tsk tsk tsk. And I wonder how there is no kidnapping there to - those commies will never know will they? After all this is the "greatest" (SIC)" country in the world!

[Plutonwolf]

Buncha ding dang snow sjkiing commies if y'all ask me. Probably all tolerant and stuff 2.

Look at what you named as "missing". Private insurance. I think that right there explains how they can fiscally manage such an enlightened attitude without going bust.

ARE YOU LISTENING AMERICANS????

[classicallady]

Sure...I heard they eat little children and seniors for breakfast and lunch.....Sweeden what a shame! How dare you have top living standards, take care of it's citizens, no "at large" paranoia, no crimes...., no private insurance companies, corporations don't screw with the population....How dare you???