High time to be weaned off oil

In spite of oil crises creating huge problems for the Greek economy, the country continues to behave as if it were an oil-producing state rather than a consumer. Greece languishes at the bottom of European Union tables when it comes to energy production from renewable sources even though the Greek climate is ideal for such ventures.

For example, our wind parks produce just 600 mW while, in contrast, the small northern country of Denmark produces five times that amount. Often-cloudy Germany, in turn, last year installed 1,000 more photovoltaic systems than sun-kissed Greece.

Kathimerini