Oil is the lifeblood of the US economy. In times of economic recession, we often blame the government and get rid of them. We've clearly signaled with our vot

Oil is the lifeblood of the US economy. In times of economic recession, we often blame the government and get rid of them. We've clearly signaled with our voting patterns what we want and government has delivered on it - a reliable supply of oil to power the economy. Hence subsidies. On the other side the Norwegian government has managed to implement the world's highest tax on ICE cars and survive re-election so presumably that's what the electorate wants.