Denmark is energy independent

[Kber]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/opinion/10friedman1.html?ref=opinion

It's the last sentence that is actually pretty scary

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Thomas Friedman got a brain transplant? Who knew? nt

[bahrbearian]

2. We are owned. Thanks chimpy

“We’ve had 35 new competitors coming out of China in the last 18 months,” said Engel, “and not one out of the U.S.”

[NNN0LHI]

3. Denmark is a small nation geographically - roughly half the size of Maine -

They could be energy independent with a few cases of Duracells.

Don

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Actually, Denmark is the largest country in Europe in land area.

(Counting Greenland, of course.)

[NNN0LHI]

5. That still doesn't make it any larger than about half the size of Maine

[Jackpine Radical]

6. Well, of course it does. Here:

Greenland: 836,109 sq mi
Rest of Denmark: 16,639 sq mi

Denmark total: 852,748 sq mi
Maine 33,414 sq mi

QED.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Hmm - to nitpick, Greenland is geographically in North America

and if you're going to count parts of a country that are in other continents, then Russia will be the biggest.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Right. It's actually just sort of an old joke. Don is right--

Denmark is a small country, half the size of Maine.

[and-justice-for-all]

8. That is wonderful...nt

[HCE SuiGeneris]

10. Great article. We need to remove PAC influence (funded by corporate greed)

to move in the same direction as the Danes.

Recommended reading.