Re:Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
by magicalhippo on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @10:31AM
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As a Norwegian, I've been thinking the same for a while. The argument that "our" oil would just get replaced by some other oil if we stopped pumping feels hollow.
That being said, given how much of our workforce is directly or indirectly tied to pumping up oil and gas, I also get that simply stopping the pumps tomorrow will pretty much make the country collapse.
As such I think that spending our black money to help foster greener technologies like EVs is at least better than nothing.
We're also using our oil fund a bit more actively[1] when it comes to climate and investments.
That being said, given how much of our workforce is directly or indirectly tied to pumping up oil and gas, I also get that simply stopping the pumps tomorrow will pretty much make the country collapse.
As such I think that spending our black money to help foster greener technologies like EVs is at least better than nothing.
We're also using our oil fund a bit more actively[1] when it comes to climate and investments.
[1]: https://www.nrk.no/norge/for-forste-gang-kaster-oljefondet-u...