There is a city in which 80 percent of residents commute to work by bicycle, even in winter. And they train their young to do the same! Should we be surprised that this city is the capital of a country that will derive 100 percent of its energy from renewables by 2050? Of course we shouldn’t.
Ah, Copenhagen.
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