one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
December 21 2007
Proof it’s possible: Sweden has beaten Kyoto targets and reduced its emissions by 12.7 percent.
June 26 2007
Interesting article on the city of Vaxjo in Sweden where fossil fuels are on their way out.
March 07 2007
Support for Stockholm’s congestion charge is greater than ever.
January 12 2007
Those plucky Swedes from The Pirate Bay are looking to buy Sealand.
August 05 2006
The Stockholm congestion charge experiment was a success, but that doesn’t guarantee it will be upheld. I wonder if we’d even get that far in Brussels…
on the recent nuclear shutdown in Sweden“It was pure luck that there was not a meltdown. Since the electricity supply from the network didn't work as it should have, it could have been a catastrophe”
July 31 2006
Interesting short film by Greenpeace on decentralised energy, a better solution than going all-out on nuclear and keeping bad habits.
May 20 2006
62% of Stockholm residents would like to keep the vehicle congestion charge which is currently running as a test there. When it was first introduced, the great majority was against it.