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World needs oil. Poor people in India and Namibia need Oil to carry out their basic needs like getting electricity and receiving medical supplies. If Norway sto
by KorematsuFred 7y ago
World needs oil. Poor people in India and Namibia need Oil to carry out their basic needs like getting electricity and receiving medical supplies. If Norway stops producing Oil it will take away bread from mouth of these poor people. Of course unless rest of the developed world is ready to pay a 20% tax penalty to subsidize renewable energy in poorer parts of the world.
- vinni2 7y agoI am not saying they should stop. There is also no sign of slowing or stopping new exploration.
- CAT0 7y agoThis is complete bullshit.
- dang 7y agoCould you please not post unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? You've done it more than once. We're trying to avoid that here, and especially to avoid flamebait and name-calling. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.
- fooblitzky 7y agoThose poor people are going to be the ones most affected by climate change. Accelerating oil extraction will literally take bread away from the mouths of the Global South.
- KorematsuFred 7y agoMay be 50 years later. Why condemn them to life of misery today ?
- tehjoker 7y agoI do not understand how you cannot see that this logic is suicidal. We can show solidarity with developing countries in other ways but we can't irreparably damage the planet's life support system.