The research continues…

We have used energy for centuries, for millennia, for lots of thousands years…

The use of energy developed in the last century in a fossil fuel addiction (gas, oil, coal), we can not live without it. Maybe we want to stop, maybe we want to cut back our consumption pattern, but at this moment we can't live with or without it.

But now the time has come for a rehabilitation process. It will be hard work, but if we really try we can do it! Step one is recognition of the problem, and face the problem. The second step will be a transition from the old to the new situation.

Maaike and I hope to guide this process of recognition and transition by evaluation of good processes in other countries. At this moment we prepare a trip to Denmark (Samsø) and Sweden (Gotland). Both islands have walked the line, and don’t use fossil fuels any more. Samsø and Gotland are renewable energy islands and are fully relying on wind, solar power and biomass. These can be an example and inspiration for the Netherlands. A comparing study of the process and physical appearance for the landscape will offer valuable information for the challenge.

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