The many failings, and caveats of suburbia are especially apparent in the 21st century. The grass is green, and mowed. The paint is white, or beige. The sky is blue, or gray. The forest is green, or brown. The road is black. Suburbia is normal. That is the message that people who live in such […]
Challenge & Promise In Germany’s Energiewende
In 1997, the EU issued a Directive on Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources, with the modest goal of having 12% of electricity produced by renewable sources by 2010. Germany met that goal in 2007 and, flush with success, developed more challenging targets of its own: 40-45% electricity from renewables by 2025, 18% renewable energy […]