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The government essentially makes it unreasonable to buy any other type of car. Also gotta love that sweet sweet North Sea oil. So what happens to all that oil? I am sure it only emits lollipops and unicorns when it is burned.



At least they're using the oil exports to break their own dependence on it. They'd be even more foolish to double down on it.


It is estimated that the North Sea may have 24 billion barrels remaining. So they can hand off the pesky problem to other countries and be smug that they are going electric. As if electricity just falls from sky.


> As if electricity just falls from sky.

For Norway, it literally does. In the form of rain and snow, which fills up their hydroelectric dams.


Good point. I see that 90+% of their electrical power is hydroelectric.




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