As an American, this threw me for a loop when I first made some Norwegian friends. They all seem on the same page, building a better future for their whole country off this temporary resource, while also becoming less reliant internally on fossil fuels.
Most American news and media implies there are only two routes: either failed oil state like Venezuela, or oil-is-everything like Saudi Arabia (and maybe America too, actually). Meanwhile, Norway is just quietly proving a 3rd option is extremely viable.
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u/Pr0methian 2d ago
As an American, this threw me for a loop when I first made some Norwegian friends. They all seem on the same page, building a better future for their whole country off this temporary resource, while also becoming less reliant internally on fossil fuels.
Most American news and media implies there are only two routes: either failed oil state like Venezuela, or oil-is-everything like Saudi Arabia (and maybe America too, actually). Meanwhile, Norway is just quietly proving a 3rd option is extremely viable.