LaffyIn #Norway, the #ElectricVehicle Future Has Already Arrived
About 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway are battery-powered. As a result, the air is cleaner, the streets are quieter and the grid hasn’t collapsed.
JW prince of CPH@GottaLaff - and Norwegians can afford a lot of new cars because *checks notes* their country makes pretty good money selling oil to other countries... well, baby steps I guess.
maplebloom 🇨🇦@jwcph @GottaLaff I guess it's the only appropriate way to use oil for good, so long as it's temporary.
Hypx@maplebloom @jwcph @GottaLaff They're not exactly planning to scale back oil production. In fact, they are still drilling for more.
It's pretty obvious to tell that none of this is about stop climate change. Norway is just greenwashing its image using battery cars. The biggest mistake is to fall for it.
@Hypx @maplebloom @GottaLaff I wouldn't go that far - after all, it's the people of Norway buying those cars, not The State™️ or whatever. I'm pretty sure most of those people do so because they genuinely want to be more environmentally responsible.
@jwcph @maplebloom @GottaLaff The way taxes/subsidies work in Norway, it is heavily biased towards the battery car. It is not a fair market. Not to mention that the only way Norway could economically afford them is via oil exports. As they are not in the EU, they are the equivalent of the UK post-Brexit, and would be in economically terrible shape if it wasn’t for oil.
Söttand@jwcph @GottaLaff The country makes good money selling oil, not the citizens.
@sottand @GottaLaff That is true - but it does raise the overall wealth level of the nation.
@jwcph @GottaLaff true it does to an extent.