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us comes out on top

by PeWi
Tue Aug 7th, 2007 at 09:42:45 AM EST

According to a Ernst and Young Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (Links to a pdf) summary page here

I don;t think I am in the position to have a serious opinion on this, but it is interesting both that the US comes out on top - understandably due to its size, but apparently also due to recent legislation and that they are going along with Jeromes mantra: Windenergy will stay on growth.

one last quote for the way...

The Long-term Indices are forward looking
and take a long-term view, hence the UK's high
ranking in the Wind Index, explained by the
large amount of unexploited wind resource,
strong offshore regime, and attractive tariffs
available under the ROCs system.

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us comes out on top | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: us comes out on top (none / 0)

interesting (?) also:
You are invited to join the Ernst & Young Webcast on 14
September 2007 to hear our panelists discuss:

by PeWi on Tue Aug 7th, 2007 at 09:46:31 AM EST

Re: us comes out on top (none / 1)

a and another note, I am not working for Ernst and Young, but I seem to develop a knack for publishing PR...

and that invitation is referenced on the inside.

by PeWi on Tue Aug 7th, 2007 at 12:31:26 PM EST
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water attactiveness (none / 1)

Here's a little chart I found while looking for other stuff.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Aug 7th, 2007 at 11:00:37 AM EST

Re: water attactiveness (none / 1)

You just posted this because Finland is on top for good water! However, I would be happy to go there just for a drink and cool temps.

This part of Mexico is "lucky" to have plenty of above ground water. Yet many towns, including the one I'm in have no reliable source of water, no treatment plants for producing potable water, and no waste water treatment plants. We bath in (clean looking and smelling) water from shallow wells and drink and cook with purified bottled water. The town government says it doesn't have the resources to pipe in water from the abundant nearby rivers much less to purify it and treat waste. Unbelievable as this sounds, the Mexican government is pumping millions of dollars worth of oil from the ground here every day and contaminating the ground and its water while Northern Mexico is parched from lack of any water at all.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Tue Aug 7th, 2007 at 11:04:26 PM EST
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You just posted this (4.00 / 2)

You are absolutely right!

Out in the countryside, most older homes have wells drilled into the rock that produce fully filtered water. Here where I am, it is from the mains - and very drinkable it is too. There is good pressure also for that stinging shower in the morning.

There is a large lake nearby, but our Helsinki water comes fom further away - Lake Pajane http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/w.cgi?c=fi&UF=-1380216&UN=-1984222&AF=H_P

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Aug 8th, 2007 at 02:02:46 AM EST
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Re: You just posted this (4.00 / 2)

Drinking water from the tap is so foreign to most Mexicans that they actually refer to "agua potable" as water that is clean enough to bathe in, not drink.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Wed Aug 8th, 2007 at 11:18:44 AM EST
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Re: You just posted this (4.00 / 2)

Can't say I drink a lot of water in the shower either. But I probably drink a couple of litres of tap water a day - teas, coffees and just plain water. I'm quite partal to Pellegrino when I want thirst quenching bubbles, but otherwise I'm happy to watch the waitress at our local lunch place fill the carafe under the water tap behind the bar.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Aug 8th, 2007 at 06:46:55 PM EST
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