>>>>>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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>>>Now that is a great strategy: sell the oil now, stash the money away or invest it to generate a small profit and buy back later less than half the amount you originally sold.
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>>The strategy is to save money so that we have enough money to pay our pensions in the future.
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>From everything I have read, Norway is doing great. I didn't realize there were only 5 million of you. I thought there were that many just in Wisconsin and Minnesota <g>.

Yes I think I have heard that there are more "Norwegians", i.e., of Norwegian decent, in WI and MN than in Norway.

I take my family to Stoughton every year for their 17th of May celebration (Norway's independence day). I see more Norwegian flags in Stoughton that I recall seeing in Norway on 17th of May.
http://www.stoughtonwi.com/syttendemai.shtml