Environmental Push

One of the posts on the Environmental Blog caught my eye because it's something that I have been interested in for a long time. It states that President Barack Obama said that it's time that we should be leaders in renewable energy sources and technologies, instead of followers. The post explains that Denmark is a great example of where we should be at and what we should be doing. It goes on to explain some reasons why they are first in renewable sources. A great fact they state is that they receive 20-25 percent of their energy from biomass, biodegradable waste, and the wind.

Another fact that I found particularly amazing is that they went from being 99 percent dependent on middle east in 1973 oil to 0 percent today. The United States produces roughly only 3 percent of its electric energy from renewable sources such as solar power and wind. Denmark creates 40 percent of wind turbines for the world, and that this provides jobs for a good amount of the countries population. The blog states that the Danes live a much simpler and smarter life than that of the Americans. They know basically one type of car, and most of them use public transportation. They use much less energy per day that we do, because they don't have much of the gadgets that we have. This is definitely something the United States should look at and take notes from, because its just smart, plain and simple.