Oil-Rich Norway Goes to Polls with Climate on the Agenda

I experienced the time before oil in Norway. Foremost: bad roads. No paved roads much North of Tromsø. Everything moved on boats, many of which wind-powered. That was most environmental.

But no returning back, everybody must have Tesla now. However most communities are still built to be row-boat operated. New roadways are squiggly, connected with hundreds of oil-operated ferryboats.

The recent Norway story is fascinating and inspiring.

But the cynic in me can't help but wonder why hasn't the country been invaded for its resources. Plenty of poor countries have natural resources that are being exploited to death by external actors, yet there are unicorns like Norway that nobody seems to touch.

I really don't get it