Portugal: a case study in renewable energy

In just five years, Portugal has boosted the amount of electricity it gets from renewable sources from 17% of its total to 45%. The New York Times reports on the winners and losers in the process and why it may be more difficult for the U.S.--with its vast reserves of coal and fragmented political process--to make the same switch. Reading the article did leave me with the feeling that America is becoming antiquated in certain respects: our size slows the pace of change, and the political tension between the states and the federal government makes decisive action difficult to achieve.

Read it here.