The World Looks Beyond Oil

As I was reading the April edition of my Civil Engineering Magazine, I noticed an interesting news brief. Sweden has announced plans to replace all fossil fuels with renewable energy sources by 2020. Currently, Sweden draws most of its energy from hydroelectric, geothermal, and nuclear sources, but it relies on fossil fuels for transportation needs. Sweden plans onrplacing oil with biofuels.

Also,

• Iceland plans to power all its cars and boats with hydrogen by 2050.
• Brazil intends to power 80% of its transportation vehicles with ethanol within the next 5 years.