One of the things that constantly amazes me is how far ahead other countries are when it comes to smart affordable ways to leave a smaller footprint with our daily lives.  This is one of those articles that makes you go, hmm…

 Energy Efficiency Is A Lot Of Garbage - By: Jim Olsztynski - From: The New York Times 

Denmark has 29 waste-to-energy plants and 10 more are planned or under construction. Across Europe, there are about 400 such plants. The U.S., with 50+ times the population of Denmark and more than 60% of the EU’s, has only 87 trash-burning power plants, almost all built at least 15 years ago.

There is something elegantly green about turning useless rubbish into profoundly useful energy. So why aren’t we doing more of it? Click here to read the rest of the New York Times article.