eHighway

E16 highway north of Stockholm, Sweden  

This article is about a 2-kilometer eHighway opened on June 22nd, 2016, in Sweden. The difference between this highway and normal highways is the fact that this has a system of wires for trucks, so, for the trucks to move they use electricity rather than gasoline.
The Swedish Minister for Infrastructure, Anna Johansson, and the Minister of Energy (SE), Ibrahim Baylan, inaugurated that highway along with the wires installed by Siemens, and with 2 diesel hybrid vehicles manufactured by Scania.
They will start a 2 years trial the Swedish Transportation Administration, Trafikverket, and Gävleborg County expect to create this eHighway system for future commercial use.

I love when the people join technology in the daily life for a better world!! What I liked the most about this article is knowing that studied people are trying to find the way to use less fossil fuel and to avoid creating more damage and climatic problems in the world.

We all know that one of the sources of carbon dioxide that harms the ozone layer is the one that comes out from the cars, buses, etc. So, I think is really important to find the way to solve that, and what some people in Sweden did was using the long wires on the highways so the transports can connect to a source of electricity to move along the highway. Which is good because the trucks would use electricity to move rather than gasoline.

And also, I consider the fact that they are also promoting having for 2030 a fossil fuel independent transport very important. Because it is knows that in approximately 100 years we are not going to have enough fossil fuel to the system of transportation, so, it is urgent to leave the dependency of gasoline.

Article: https://eu-smartcities.eu/content/sweden-opens-world%E2%80%99s-first-ehighway

The Venice of Netherlands

Giethoorn, Netherlands

This article is about a little town called Giethoorn, which is located in Netherlands, 120 kilometers from Amsterdam. The peculiarity of this town is that is surrounded by water, just like Venice. It was founded in 1230. And the town is known as "the Venice of Netherlands" or "the Venice of the North."
The characteristics of this town are:

• They don't use cars
• They travel with silent boats
• The louder noise may come from a bird
• In summer they play water sports 
• In winter the water freezes out and the citizens and tourists skate
• There is a museum called Oude Aarde, which contain gems, minerals and fossils preserved since 1969
• The town contains 176 bridges 

I think that is a beautiful and picturesque place that we should visit at least once. We all know Venice, it's trade, it's tourism, it's language, it's culture and it's people, but by the other hand we have also this other town that is similar to Venice but less but this town is similar but less visited.

Is awesome this town, I really like the fact that it is surrounded by water, it gives a sense of unique because there are no so many towns/cities in which you need to use boats to move from a place to another place. The article captivated my attention since the beginning with its photos, I was really impressed with the houses and the boats, is just weird because is not common having those kind of cities. But I think is cool.

So, there are few things that I like about this town:

1. First, the fact that as they are surrounded by water they don't use cars, which is a huge benefit because they don't pollute the air
2. Second, that the people there transport from a place to another by silent boats, which is good because it doesn't cause noise pollution
3. Third, that the citizens there take advantage of their canals: in summer they enjoy water sports and in winter, when the canals are frozen, they practice ice skating 
4. Forth, that is a very peaceful and small town away from the craziness of the cities

Article: http://www.grandesmedios.com/no-venecia-giethoorn-queda-holanda/