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[–] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's not stupid. The country they're selling oil to is going to be using oil regardless of who sells it to them.* And now Norway has reduced their own fossil fuel usage.

(*Unless enough of the world as a group chooses to not sell oil, which makes oil become too expensive for that other country to buy.)

[–] Spanguin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You're right. Basic economics. Given climate change though, I'm more interested in countries like Norway investing in policies that grow environmentally responsible industries rather than simply reducing a small part of the emissions of antequated and polluting ones.