Vikingsson on September 19th, 2007

I have no moral objections to Sunday shopping, shop till you drop if that is your hobby. It isn’t mine but go ahead and do it if 6 days isn’t enough. But one predicted side effect was true, the fruit market has disappeared. The Sunday rules stated that with a certain percentage [...]

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Vikingsson on September 13th, 2007

Why is it that Iceland is frequently ahead of the curve when it comes to sensible solutions to an ever more troubling planet? Geothermal and district heating systems starting from the 1940’s, sustainable quota systems for the limited resources, alternative fuel research and application, innovative tax restructuring, and general long term thinking in all [...]

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Vikingsson on September 13th, 2007

This is probably a top blogging tip but if not it should be, read your post several times before publishing. I was scanning some RSS feeds that I keep on my intranet site and saw an entry of interest and gave it a click. When I arrived I noticed that the first sentence [...]

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Vikingsson on September 8th, 2007

An ongoing controversy in Iceland is the introduction of heavy industry in particular aluminum smelters. The cheap electricity produced from clean energy is a big draw for energy intensive industries. It is easier to build hydroelectric power stations and that is where the problem begins. So what to think about a geothermal [...]

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