>>>>Newt's latest dispatch is from Norway where he compares their success and the US's failure at management of the "everywhere vs. nowhere" trap regarding oil and gas exploration.
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>>>>http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26931
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>>>Very interesting article. I learned several new things about both Norway and the US.
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>>>Even if Norway is a big oil producer the gas price is over $10/gal. Norway is using a lot of the oil profit on energy research and also a lot of the money is put into a "savings account" for when the oil is gone.
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>>I guess this is why Norway is NOT a superpower. I can just see our government "saving" money. It has never happened, and probably never will. Even so, cheap energy is one reason we have done so well here.
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>It is really difficult for Norway to become a superpower with only 5 million people :)

That, plus the fact that they are "doing it wrong". Government isn't supposed to save money, it is supposed to spend, even beyond it's bank balance!<s>