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This seems to be more about carbon footprint and sustainability than "overtourism"? Does all the oil Norway extract count towards their carbon balance, or is t

This seems to be more about carbon footprint and sustainability than "overtourism"? Does all the oil Norway extract count towards their carbon balance, or is that the consuming country's problem? Norway just collect the profit, to pay for all this green cleansing at home?

ptah 7y ago
they are looking at cutting down on oil https://www.worldoil.com/news/2019/9/10/voters-deliver-warning-to-norway-s-oil-industry https://www.worldoil.com/news/2019/9/10/voters-deliver-warni...
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- bogomipz 7y ago
  Well, the article states: "In March, the Norwegian government announced it will gradually divest its shares in companies engaged in the exploration and extraction of oil and gas. (But it will still invest in companies that refine and sell oil.)" I'm not really sure how you reconcile these two things - a policy of carbon footprint reduction while actively investing in companies whose business is predicated on oil consumption.
  - outside1234 7y ago
    Its green theater - they have no intention to actually do anything that will stop pumping the oil from Norway.
e12e 7y ago
Yes (it counts). We're (also) hard into the green certificates shell game;we should stop extracting fossil fuels . We're one of the few nations that could realistically stop.
- dorian-graph 7y ago
  Hopefully Norway thinks about other countries as highly as they think of Norway. — sincerely, an Aussie who lived in Norway for 2 years, and protested against Statoil ('Equinor') trying to get oil off the southern coast of Australia.
  - e12e 7y ago
    I'd certainly like us to cease exploitation abroad too (we're helping with some horrendous abuse in Africa, for example). But not helping with colonial/foreign exploits would mostly just be a change of funding/profit (eg BP would take over Equinor projects) - while a ban on fossil fuel extraction in Norway would seal up those resources.

ptah 7y ago

they are looking at cutting down on oil https://www.worldoil.com/news/2019/9/10/voters-deliver-warning-to-norway-s-oil-industry https://www.worldoil.com/news/2019/9/10/voters-deliver-warni...

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bogomipz 7y ago
Well, the article states: "In March, the Norwegian government announced it will gradually divest its shares in companies engaged in the exploration and extraction of oil and gas. (But it will still invest in companies that refine and sell oil.)" I'm not really sure how you reconcile these two things - a policy of carbon footprint reduction while actively investing in companies whose business is predicated on oil consumption.
- outside1234 7y ago
  Its green theater - they have no intention to actually do anything that will stop pumping the oil from Norway.

e12e 7y ago

Yes (it counts). We're (also) hard into the green certificates shell game;we should stop extracting fossil fuels . We're one of the few nations that could realistically stop.

dorian-graph 7y ago
Hopefully Norway thinks about other countries as highly as they think of Norway. — sincerely, an Aussie who lived in Norway for 2 years, and protested against Statoil ('Equinor') trying to get oil off the southern coast of Australia.
- e12e 7y ago
  I'd certainly like us to cease exploitation abroad too (we're helping with some horrendous abuse in Africa, for example). But not helping with colonial/foreign exploits would mostly just be a change of funding/profit (eg BP would take over Equinor projects) - while a ban on fossil fuel extraction in Norway would seal up those resources.