EU plans 'industrial revolution'

[arcos]

EU plans 'industrial revolution'

The European Commission is due to demand a new "industrial revolution" when it unveils a wide-ranging set of proposals on energy and climate issues.

The EU's civil service wants more investment in renewable energy, arguing that the old fuels have a political as well as clear environmental cost.

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The report is also due to include measures to open up the EU's energy market, enabling the bloc's 500m citizens to buy their gas or electricity from anywhere in Europe.

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It may propose that companies generating electricity and distributing it would not be permitted to have owners in common; gas production companies would be divorced from pipeline operators.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6247199.stm

[Javaman]

1. wow what a concept!

sadly given the fact that we are ruled by a narrow minded science hating drunk it will never happen here. and thus, we will become a foot note in history as a country that tried democracy for 200+ years only to collapse in upon itself due to poor leadership.