While I think Hans Christian Andersen made a wonderful contribution to Danish literature, European literature and children's literature as a whole, we are trying to save energy so the world lasts a little longer and all those lights sounds like a surefire way to burn fossil fuels. Surely there are other ways to celebrate? How about the whole of Copenhagen dresses in an Andersen costume instead?
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http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=ED172196

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Since Denmark has the highest rate of wind power use in the world--currently at about 20%, and they intend to increase it to 50% by 2025--I think if they want to light it up on his birthday, they've got a renewable resource to do it with.

All the time? No. That would definitely be overkill. And who could sleep?
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http://www.windpower.org/en/core.htm

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