Switzerland Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 26 May 2011 18:19:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Beznau Protest Success: All Swiss Nuclear Power Plants To Go Offline Until 2034 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/switzerland-nuclear-power-20110526/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/switzerland-nuclear-power-20110526/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 18:19:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18840 In a recent article I published, I've been saying that it's hard to almost impossible for a country like France, which depends heavily on nuclear power, to give up using it. Well, it looks like the democratic process worked after all in Switzerland, where crowds peacefully demonstrating near one of the oldest nuclear power plant in Beznau succeeded convincing the authorities to give up nuclear for good until 2034.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/switzerland-nuclear-power-20110526/feed/ 1 18840 Protoscar Makes Waves Before Geneva Motor Show With Lampo II Electric Vehicle https://www.greenoptimistic.com/protoscar-makes-waves-before-geneva-motor-show-with-lampo-ii-electric-vehicle-20100106/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/protoscar-makes-waves-before-geneva-motor-show-with-lampo-ii-electric-vehicle-20100106/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:23:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6053 Switzerland can finally brag with their most expensive sports car: Protoscar has just finished the development and manufacturing of a 1 million Euro electric sports car prototype called Lampo.

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