16 min video explains how Norway avoided the economic “oil curse” that has befouled almost every other nation with oil & mineral wealth.
I worked for Exxon in Norway in the early 1980’s and executives continually complained that the Gov’t was “too controlling” and “heavily regulated”. Every once and a while someone would even say “we had it better in Venezuela. (before nationalization)”
Of course, the Norwegians were the model for the future.
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Of course, the Norwegians were the model for the future.
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Somewhat amusingly, at one point the Norwegian government announced they would stop producing oil completely in the near future. Someone must have had a talk to them behind the woodshed axe in hand as shortly after they corrected that to “reduce” production.
Then of course they are also a major (third largest globally) exporter of Nat gas that they will not be reducing before 2050 … if ever.
Vikings if anything are very pragmatic, someone has to pay for all those highly subsidized Tesla cars?
https://energiogklima.no/articles-in-english/norway-should-s…
Norway should start phasing out oil and gas production – now
Wealthy Norway gladly projects a squeaky green image to the wider world. But Norway can not be a world leader in climate protection without gradually winding down its fossil fuel extraction industry – starting now.
The commander of the Software Support Center on the AWACs base in Germany where I worked as a military programmer for three years was a Norwegian General. He once told me that if he wasn’t already a Norwegian he would have liked to be Canadian. }};-D
Tim