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Farouk al-Kasim is the Iraqi who is said to have played a big role in this outcome. I believe his story has been on HN before: https://www.ft.com/content/99680a

• punnerud 7y ago
  And I think Brazil is trying to replicate the model
  • knd775 7y ago
    No, this is what Brazil should've done decades ago but could not due to corruption and short-sightedness. Nowadays, the only model that they are trying to replicate is that of authoritarian regimes.
  • flaviojuvenal 7y ago
    how so?
• KFC_Manager 7y ago
  This might be a good resource to get some more context on different countries’ energy systems and where petroleum plays in. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-031j-energy-decisions-markets-and-policies-spring-2012/lecture-notes/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-03... This is particularly visual. Not taking away from Farouk al-Kasims contribution but find Norway to see how unique their particular situation is.
  • KFC_Manager 7y ago
    Forgot the link to the energy maps https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/473335.pdf https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/473335.pdf
    • ZeroGravitas 7y ago
      Those are a little hard to compare since the green square for petroleum is the same size reagrdelss of number. But ignoring that, Norway's chart don't seem that different from Iran, Iraq etc. What did you intend to demonstrate via these charts.
      • KFC_Manager 7y ago
        Definitely similar and the green cubes dont really show scale per capita at all. Didnt try to demonstrate anything other than to show some context for where Norways energy resources go compared to other countries.
    • ehmish 7y ago
      Even better: https://www.iea.org/sankey/ https://www.iea.org/sankey/