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Re:Norway to hit 100% electric vehicle sales by early next year by mensetmanusman on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @05:09PM (#28778451)
They are also rich to the tune of $200k saved in the nations coffers for every citizen.
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Re:Norway to hit 100% electric vehicle sales by early next year by nerdawson on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @05:30PM (#28778725)
The UK and Norway found oil in the North Sea around the same time. Norway used that revenue to create the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. The UK squandered it on tax cuts.
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Re:Norway to hit 100% electric vehicle sales by early next year by robotresearcher on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @05:35PM (#28778789)
That's an awful lot of money. The US National Debt is around $80K per US citizen. The War in Afghanistan cost around $7K per US citizen, based on numbers from Wikipedia.
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