Opposing Digits

· 15-year limit set for switch to renewable energy
· Biofuels favoured over further nuclear power

Sweden is to take the biggest energy step of any advanced western economy by trying to wean itself off oil completely within 15 years - without building a new generation of nuclear power stations.

The attempt by the country of 9 million people to become the world's first practically oil-free economy is being planned by a committee of industrialists, academics, farmers, car makers, civil servants and others, who will report to parliament in several months.

Full Article by John Vidal February 8, 2006