Which country will win the race to be carbon neutral?

Posted on 01. Apr, 2008 by ashleys in Energy Efficiency, News

For a country to be completely carbon neutral is a lofty and admirable goal and one on which a number of countries are presently focused. Iceland, Norway, Costa Rica and New Zealand have all declared goals of ultimately becoming carbon neutral. Most of these countries with the exception of Costa Rica actually generate a lot of their energy from renewable sources already, mainly hydro electric or geothermal. It is the reduction of the emissions that is their real challenge, one that Costa Rica for instance is planing to meet through a huge tree planting programme.

The challenges that these countries, with their already well developed renewable energy generation programmes, to reduce their reliance on technologies and fuels that produce carbon emissions, shows how far other countries have to go, and the vital role of energy efficiency in trying to become carbon neutral.

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