Re: What about oil production?
It's a lot better than other countries that have blown through their petroleum and natural gas resources in the name of freedom rather than investing the income.
From 2014:
https://www.toi.no/getfile.php/Publikasjoner/T%C3%98I%20rapporter/2014/1321-2014/sum-1321-2014.pdf
Just one quote for you:
"... six per cent of Norway’s hydropower output would be sufficient to operate the
entire passenger car fleet, if completely electrified."
Oh, yeah, they're really going to struggle to electrify their transportation.
Also, while in the long term it's desirable to shift wholly to clean, renewable energy, ZEV still makes sense right now if it comes from fossil. For Norway, even if they did need to use fossil, with all of their dispatchable hydro it'd be a piece of piss for them to use CCGT for their fossil generation and CCGT + PEV is a lot cleaner and more efficient than using petroleum-based fuel. For other countries, CCGT can be used, but it might take a bit of smart charging to match demand to production.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
