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And it's called "dutch disease".

We did it with gas. Now look at Norway. We could've been like Norway.

We couldn't have been like Norway. Norway is super duper rich due to.... Oil rights elsewhere in the world.

They play the best kid in class with electrification but their funding comes directly from contributing to the problem.

And when Holland found the gas reserves in Groningen, global warming was really not known about yet.

Norway invested their oil winnings in a nation wide fund. The Netherlands spent their gas money on hookers and booze.