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Norway doesn't even make a dent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
That doesn't count the emissions from oil & gas extracted from Norwegian fields and exported.
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That's not different at all. Why would Norwegians be different from other humans? I can confirm that Swedes and danes do this too. And being of croatian descent I can confirm they do it there too. It's not a cultural thing, it's a human thing to be impatient. If anything it speaks of the flow of traffic. Here in Sweden you can often safely cross the street because the entire length of the street has lights that work…
Ive been shouted at in Germany for crossing at red light, even with no car in sight, and for how bad an example this was for children at the scene.
And ~60% of new cars sold are electric in Norway.
They are doing it right.
Too bad the rest of the world is slow to catch up.
Does Oslo rigorously separate cars from bikes, using bike lanes?
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Having lived in both the US and Europe, it's definitely less frequent in the US. But only because the streets are much wider making it scarier.
I think you are talking about jaywalking, but Europe and the US are really big. In LA you get a ticket for jaywalking, while in NYC everyone crosses anywhere including weaving though moving traffic. And some cities in Maine the pedestrian always has the right away at cross walks and otherwise don't have lights.
Isn't that the very point of a crosswalk?
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That doesn't count the emissions from oil & gas extracted from Norwegian fields and exported.
This is true but to whom should we attribute the CO2, the user or the producer?
Good to see all that oil revenue being used to protect Norwegians, shame about the climate change.
Norway doesn't even make a dent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
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Ive been shouted at in Germany for crossing at red light, even with no car in sight, and for how bad an example this was for children at the scene.
Rightly so. Children can't (as reliable as you) decide how safe it is in a given situation to cross.
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That doesn't count the emissions from oil & gas extracted from Norwegian fields and exported.
Yes, it counts the extraction, and export is through gas pipes, it does not pollute. Besides, extraction pollutes very little, too.
My point is that Norway has a unique responsibility as a democratic nation with outsized oil revenue to take a global lead on climate change and I don't see that happening.
Edit:let me say though that I am genuinely pleased Norway is investing in traffic safety as opposed to supersized aircraft carriers or weapons of mass destruction