If you’re really looking: Norway makes a significant chunk of money from oil exports, contributing to (and profiting from) what is arguably the greatest threat facing our civilisation today.
Finland, on the other hand.. much respect :)
Finland, on the other hand.. much respect :)
I was quite livid when they opened a new major oil field last year but it takes time to change things.
https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/energy/carbon-capture-a...
IIRC, fishing industry and oil industry were 2 major reasons why they did not want to join EU.
Then again, I'm from NL. Same with our fishing industry, and Shell has done some naughty things in the past, too.
I don't really think there's a way around this for Norwegians. If you're upset about climate change (and you should be) then you should also be honest that continuing to extract and sell oil is contributing to the problem.
It's nice that Norway has a small, homogenous population in a country with low population density, great education, and opportunities for easy (relatively speaking) renewable energy. Many countries don't have those luxuries.
With that being said, I applaud Norway in general as a country. I think they do a lot of great stuff. But I think it's fair to point out what I perceive as a shortcoming that they currently have in the context of this discussion.
> It's nice that Norway has a small, homogenous population in a country with low population density, great education
This all seems off-topic to me.
> But I think it's fair to point out what I perceive as a shortcoming that they currently have in the context of this discussion.
Considering this post is about an US based cruise ship lying about a virus, nothing in your comment is really appropriate for "the context of this discussion".
https://www.nve.no/energiforsyning/varedeklarasjon/nasjonal-...
Their politicians love touting that 98% green energy production but it’s incredibly misleading.
Sorry by the way I really don’t mean to take this conversation so off topic. It was meant half tongue in cheek :) every country has blind spots and this was about coronavirus and cruises, not global warming! And this is only their politicians; Norwegians are the most lovely people. Nothing against the country.
I’ll leave it here. Sorry again.