The Limits of Danish Humor

And that kids, is how you fight windmills.

Location: DONG Energy HQ

Joachim Steenstrup, head of communications at DONG Energy Wind Power, ran through a few basic powerpoint slides before fielding questions from my European Sustainable Development class

Our visit to DONG headquarters was rather timely. In the past week, a Goldman Sachs investment deal with the state-run energy has led to a political crisis in Denmark. I'd go more into detail, but this Bloomberg article provides a good summary.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-29/goldman-1-5-billion-bid-imperils-danish-government-re-election.html

BTW: The Danes don't find the name "DONG" very funny
It is an acronym for Danish Oil & Natural Gas

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Since today's blog post was a little serious — 
check out this sweater for sale at a fair trade store near Nørreport

And in related news --
I now have the perfect costume for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Yeti"