Facts regarding renewable energy:
- 72% of Iceland's total energy consumption is from hydro- and geothermal sources
- Iceland has no fossil fuels as a natural resource
- Reykjavik was the site for the world's first commercial hydrogen refueling station, opened in 2003
- There is a growing fleet of hydrogen passenger cars as well as buses and cars running on locally produced bio gas
- The import of ethanol cars and E85 fuel has begun and a Toyota Prius hybrid is being converted to a plug-in hybrid in September by the National Energy Authority
- This first plug-in hybrid in the country will be able to run over 100 kilometers on electricity alone
- All properties and industry in Iceland are run on renewable energy resources
- Three Icelandic cabinet ministers drive hybrid cars
- His Excellency, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson President of Iceland uses a hybrid Lexus L600
- Iceland air is currently introducing the option of carbon offsetting for all its passengers
- The city of Reykjavik recently introduced free parking for Eco-friendly vehicles
- Barbara Boxer, US Senator & Chairperson of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee recently visited Iceland to learn more about renewable energy
- Icelanders are acknowledged as the world's leading authorities on renewable energy and their know-how in geothermal energy is being exported throughout the world.
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Iceland is doing a great job of moving toward sustainable energy. I have a friend there in grad-school who constantly tells me about it, and it's pretty impressive! They're lucky that they sit right at the top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and have all of that geothermal potential.
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