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Re:Norweigan oil fund by lelima on Thursday August 01, 2019 @10:43AM (#20584109)
A friend lives in Oslo, sometimes I visit, it shock me the amount of electric vehicles, in one single street all cars parked were Tesla(not the posh area).

The city have so much nature, is even hard to explain.

Re:Norweigan oil fund by daj40 on Thursday August 01, 2019 @10:50AM (#20584181)
Along with being more eco minded, electric cars are actually more affordable in Norway, there is a significant tax placed on other vehicles.

https://elbil.no/english/norwegian-ev-policy/

Re:Norweigan oil fund by chrisbolt on Thursday August 01, 2019 @11:21AM (#20584596)
Gas is also highly taxed, third highest prices in the world: https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/gasoline_prices/
Re:Norweigan oil fund by Y_Y on Thursday August 01, 2019 @11:00AM (#20584317)
They let poor countries burn the oil, and use the money to pay for electric cars.
Re:Norweigan oil fund by kwhitefoot on Thursday August 01, 2019 @11:20AM (#20584587)
True but other countries also let poor countries burn the oil and do nothing useful with the money.
Re:Norweigan oil fund by Cthulhu_ on Thursday August 01, 2019 @11:28AM (#20584671)
Some invest it themselves into real estate, both in their own country (like highest towers, most fancy hotel, palm tree shaped islands) and abroad (skyscrapers and office buildings in various financial structures).

They're really setting themselves up for them and their future generations to remain rich and comfortable for the forseeable future even when oil dries up or demand goes down.