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  • Entrepreneurial Approach Benefits Michigan Published: Thursday, 26 Apr 2012

    When the Swedish government announced that the country would stop using oil by 2020, it was clear that its leaders were concerned about the environment.

    But there was another obvious motivation behind the decision: Sweden has no domestic oil industry, and importing petroleum had become costly.

    “And when you don’t have any oil, you get good at not using it,” says Kris Berglund, a University Distinguished Professor of forestry and chemical engineering.

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