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Matthew Yglesias did it again | No, Democrats shouldn't embrace oil and gas. (www.climatecoloredgoggles.com)
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[โ€“] perestroika@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I would especially want to comment about:

Norway

A country that swims in oil, and has few other natural resources of comparable value, so indeed nearly all parties support using it.

What example will he bring next, Saudi Arabia?

That aside, Norway has a huge electric vehicle adoption rate. They will sell you oil, but have themselves almost stopped using it.

[โ€“] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Norway has tons of offshore rare earths that will likely rival the oil sector as soon as they dip into it.