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"It might affect our own climate budget, but it’s not going to make a difference globally," "an end to Norwegian production would have a net negative effect on
by jacknews 5y ago
"It might affect our own climate budget, but it’s not going to make a difference globally,"
"an end to Norwegian production would have a net negative effect on global emissions. Demand would stay the same, and cleaner Norwegian production would be replaced by other countries with higher emissions"
While these things might well be true, there is a distinct and corrosive 'hypocrisy factor' in Norway shifting it's society to sustainable energy, all paid for by continuing fossil fuel exports to the rest of the world.
Norway could prove it's green leadership credentials, and send a very clear rallying message to the rest of the world, by starting to shut down this industry, perhaps redirecting it to deep geothermal, etc.
- im_down_w_otp 5y agoWhich, if they did that starting today, would just mean that it'd be shifting its society to sustainable energy, all paid for by previously exporting fossil fuel to the rest of the world. Given that, and that Norway also has no other ready obvious alternative economic model to leverage to support its energy transition, this seems like an odd nit to pick and to further call "corrosive". On the contrary, this seems like exactly the sort of thing we should be wanting nation-states to fastidiously project and plan for and execute on.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoThis is way down the list of problems with oil exporting nations. I just wish Australia would take the same approach as Norway.