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> the petroleum industry gets billions in tax subsidies yearly already, so this would be a leveling of the playing field Well... this is Norway. The oil indus

> the petroleum industry gets billions in tax subsidies yearly already, so this would be a leveling of the playing field Well... this is Norway. The oil industry isn't subsidized by the government, the government is subsidized by the oil industry.

m463 7y ago
I liked this story: "The Iraqi who saved Norway from oil" (2009) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19594153 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19594153
zapnuk 7y ago
The government IS the oil industy. They own 50-70% of every big oil company.