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If they want to make the biggest impact they should still sell the oil but invest in technology that might mitigate climate change. Playing defense when your ov

If they want to make the biggest impact they should still sell the oil but invest in technology that might mitigate climate change. Playing defense when your overall impact on climate change is so small is a poor choice.

Hjfrf 5y ago
Norway is absolutely shifting away from fossil fuels themselves for domestic use. They're the world leader in electric cars, for example. The thrust of the article is that somehow they should change worldwide oil production (which they have little control over) rather than domestic oil use (which they are working on with relative success). Simply put, the writer is either completely mad or a cynical shill of some sort.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
  >They're the world leader in electric cars, for example. There are about 5 million Norwegians, and 9 million people in New Jersey. Would anyone care if 1/2 of New Jersey “was the world leader” in electric vehicles, or would you consider that some side effect of other variables? “Smaller rich country has new vehicles that work well in short ranges” doesn’t really have the same ring to it.
  - Broken_Hippo 5y ago
    Driving through the mountains here in Norway this past week, I saw plenty of electric cars and plenty of charging stations along the way, no matter if I was off in the countryside or not. They do well enough for vacation, so I'm not sure what the problem is. The chargers are an amazing enough feat: So much infrastructure has been built. Most of Norway is sparsely populated and getting the proper infrastructure has been really important. I've only lived here 8 years, and have seen an increase in that short time. New Jersey has a much higher population density, and though that leads to its own challenges, it makes the sort of infrastructure you need for electric cars a little bit easier.
  - Hjfrf 5y ago
    Norway is a large sparsely populated country.
    - SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
      It’s a single charge for an modern EV side to side, it’s long, but populated area to populated area it would be almost impossible to run a vehicle dead on the highway.

Hjfrf 5y ago

Norway is absolutely shifting away from fossil fuels themselves for domestic use. They're the world leader in electric cars, for example. The thrust of the article is that somehow they should change worldwide oil production (which they have little control over) rather than domestic oil use (which they are working on with relative success). Simply put, the writer is either completely mad or a cynical shill of some sort.

SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
>They're the world leader in electric cars, for example. There are about 5 million Norwegians, and 9 million people in New Jersey. Would anyone care if 1/2 of New Jersey “was the world leader” in electric vehicles, or would you consider that some side effect of other variables? “Smaller rich country has new vehicles that work well in short ranges” doesn’t really have the same ring to it.
- Broken_Hippo 5y ago
  Driving through the mountains here in Norway this past week, I saw plenty of electric cars and plenty of charging stations along the way, no matter if I was off in the countryside or not. They do well enough for vacation, so I'm not sure what the problem is. The chargers are an amazing enough feat: So much infrastructure has been built. Most of Norway is sparsely populated and getting the proper infrastructure has been really important. I've only lived here 8 years, and have seen an increase in that short time. New Jersey has a much higher population density, and though that leads to its own challenges, it makes the sort of infrastructure you need for electric cars a little bit easier.
- Hjfrf 5y ago
  Norway is a large sparsely populated country.
  - SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
    It’s a single charge for an modern EV side to side, it’s long, but populated area to populated area it would be almost impossible to run a vehicle dead on the highway.