Daily Archives: March 12, 2010
Austrian Mint Strikes Renewable Energy Bimetallic Silver and Niobium Coin
Global warming, climate conferences, rising oil prices are constantly in the news. The earth's resources of coal and oil are large but finite, and neither is a "clean" fuel.
Austrian Renewable Energy Bimetallic Coin
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The dangers of atomic reactors and the thousand years' threat of radioactive rubbish fill many people with dread. But our industry, our living standards, our life style demand vast quantities of energy -- power to run our factories, drive our transport, run our house-holds. Is the answer to be found in Nature, in "Renewable Energy."
This year's 25 Euro silver-niobium coin from the Austrian Mint is dedicated to this topic of renewable energy. The niobium center is a shining blue this time. On the obverse the artist/ engraver Helmut Andexlinger has depicted the cycle of nature in a tree.