Iceland, China and the Environment 13. apríl 2007 16:06 Few things get Icelanders as riled up as an impending invasion it seems. Recently, Uwe Reinhardt, a professor of political economy at Princeton University wrote a column on the dailyprincetonian.com, suggesting that Iceland would be a more fit target than Iran for a US-led invasion. The column sparked some debate from bloggers in Iceland, and sadly, a large part of the populace seems to have missed the satire of it entirely. Apart from the impending invasion, environmental issues are on everybodies mind in Iceland these days. Yesterday, the city of Reykjavík introduced its ten points plan to a more environmentally friendly city. Meanwhile, the Icelandic energy companies Nýorka and Vistorka announced their plan to import 30 hydrogen cars to Iceland next fall, as part of a three-year experimental project. And if that wasn't enough, Icelandic energy companies have also entered talks with Cisco and Microsoft over the possibility of setting up energy-intensive server farms in Iceland, geothermal and hydroelectric energy. Representatives from Microsoft will soon visit Iceland to see what can be done. This would be a nice alternative to the energy-intensive heavy industry that seems to have been the only possible option for environmentally friendly energy, at least in some peoples' minds. However, according to Time magazine, the build up of heavy industry in Iceland is floating Chinese dreams. I don't know it there is a relation between the high number of Chinese workers and the ongoing talks between Iceland and China over a free-trade agreement, which would make it the first European country to reach such an agreement with the People's Republic of China. But who needs heavy industry when you can get the movie industry? News News in English Athugið. Vísir hvetur lesendur til að skiptast á skoðunum. Allar athugasemdir eru á ábyrgð þeirra er þær rita. Lesendur skulu halda sig við málefnalega og hófstillta umræðu og áskilur Vísir sér rétt til að fjarlægja ummæli og/eða umræðu sem fer út fyrir þau mörk. Vísir mun loka á aðgang þeirra sem tjá sig ekki undir eigin nafni eða gerast ítrekað brotlegir við ofangreindar umgengnisreglur. Mest lesið Áfall þegar samskipti Katrínar og Kára voru birt Innlent Þekkir dæmi um endalaus uppköst og garnalömun vegna lyfjanna Innlent Konurnar hafi gert allt til að setja ekki svartan blett á starfsemina Innlent Bæjarstjóri sakaður um að vera njósnari: „Enginn veit hver hún er“ Erlent Forsetavaktin 2024: Hver verður sjöundi forseti lýðveldisins? Innlent Segir Helgu fara með rangt mál Innlent Horfa á bíómyndir og senda tölvupósta á meðan þeir keyra Innlent Gular viðvaranir víðs vegar um landið Veður Færeyingar draga í land með ferðamannaskatt Erlent Segir alvarlegt hvernig Katrín tjáði sig um Persónuvernd Innlent
Few things get Icelanders as riled up as an impending invasion it seems. Recently, Uwe Reinhardt, a professor of political economy at Princeton University wrote a column on the dailyprincetonian.com, suggesting that Iceland would be a more fit target than Iran for a US-led invasion. The column sparked some debate from bloggers in Iceland, and sadly, a large part of the populace seems to have missed the satire of it entirely. Apart from the impending invasion, environmental issues are on everybodies mind in Iceland these days. Yesterday, the city of Reykjavík introduced its ten points plan to a more environmentally friendly city. Meanwhile, the Icelandic energy companies Nýorka and Vistorka announced their plan to import 30 hydrogen cars to Iceland next fall, as part of a three-year experimental project. And if that wasn't enough, Icelandic energy companies have also entered talks with Cisco and Microsoft over the possibility of setting up energy-intensive server farms in Iceland, geothermal and hydroelectric energy. Representatives from Microsoft will soon visit Iceland to see what can be done. This would be a nice alternative to the energy-intensive heavy industry that seems to have been the only possible option for environmentally friendly energy, at least in some peoples' minds. However, according to Time magazine, the build up of heavy industry in Iceland is floating Chinese dreams. I don't know it there is a relation between the high number of Chinese workers and the ongoing talks between Iceland and China over a free-trade agreement, which would make it the first European country to reach such an agreement with the People's Republic of China. But who needs heavy industry when you can get the movie industry?
News News in English Athugið. Vísir hvetur lesendur til að skiptast á skoðunum. Allar athugasemdir eru á ábyrgð þeirra er þær rita. Lesendur skulu halda sig við málefnalega og hófstillta umræðu og áskilur Vísir sér rétt til að fjarlægja ummæli og/eða umræðu sem fer út fyrir þau mörk. Vísir mun loka á aðgang þeirra sem tjá sig ekki undir eigin nafni eða gerast ítrekað brotlegir við ofangreindar umgengnisreglur. Mest lesið Áfall þegar samskipti Katrínar og Kára voru birt Innlent Þekkir dæmi um endalaus uppköst og garnalömun vegna lyfjanna Innlent Konurnar hafi gert allt til að setja ekki svartan blett á starfsemina Innlent Bæjarstjóri sakaður um að vera njósnari: „Enginn veit hver hún er“ Erlent Forsetavaktin 2024: Hver verður sjöundi forseti lýðveldisins? Innlent Segir Helgu fara með rangt mál Innlent Horfa á bíómyndir og senda tölvupósta á meðan þeir keyra Innlent Gular viðvaranir víðs vegar um landið Veður Færeyingar draga í land með ferðamannaskatt Erlent Segir alvarlegt hvernig Katrín tjáði sig um Persónuvernd Innlent