With apologies to the Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch and the Mark Twain Nevada Funeral I can’t get that line “pining for the fjords” out of my head. I’ll get there, I’ll get there, soon.
My system sends random quotes from various sources and today a Jack Handy quote came in that seems appropriate for this blog:
“When the age of the Vikings came to a close, they must have sensed it. Probably, they gathered together one evening, slapped each other on the back and said, ‘Hey, good job.’”
-Jack Handy
I posted [...]
The first consumer ethanol pump in Iceland was turned on recently. I assume that the ethanol is imported but would burn cleaner than gasoline. They also pump methane that is produced locally at the city garbage dump. For years they have been powering the garbage trucks from that methane and now [...]
Instead of discouraging car traffic with super high costs and smog causing traffic patterns how about encouraging the use of eco friendly cars. In Reykjavík there is a new initiative that allows free parking for vehicles that consume less than 5 liters of fuel per 100 km (47 mpg). It has already proved to be [...]
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