Needs, and Responsibility For Sustainable Living
The Republic of Iceland is an isolated volcanic island in the Arctic Circle known for its profitable fishing industry, geology, and unique energy plan. The energy policy of this small nation has the potential to be the first energy independent nation. Although the venture seems expensive and excessi...
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2003
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.595.81 http://www.ems.psu.edu/~elsworth/courses/cause2003/finalprojects/daedalianpaper.pdf |
| Summary: | The Republic of Iceland is an isolated volcanic island in the Arctic Circle known for its profitable fishing industry, geology, and unique energy plan. The energy policy of this small nation has the potential to be the first energy independent nation. Although the venture seems expensive and excessively long term for most other nations ’ timelines, Iceland is proud of their efforts of promoting the use of renewable and more sustainable energy. For many Americans, much of Europe, and the developing nations the notion of complete energy dependence is not in the foreseeable future. The conventional fossil fuel based economy of the United States is coupled with economic growth, while Iceland’s energy policies are based on a very different value system, land ethics. Iceland’s Ministry of the Environment, the primary energy and resource concerned agency, believes that environmentally sound practices used to create their policies are one of the countries strongest attributes. Iceland residents enjoy their less fossil fuel dependant nation. Due to their unconventional approach to producing energy, often the resident have to pay more for goods, supplies, and the infrastructure necessary for their basic energy needs. The |
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