Renewable Energy Future

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@Ausmariner

I also note that the Norwegian Government have not adopted a formal Net Zero policy yet have targets.

Yes Norway has a more ambitious target: Norway’s net-zero emissions target for 2030 too ambitious to be true? | Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Norway has positioned itself as a climate policy forerunner by aiming to reach net-zero emissions already by 2030. However, the net-zero ambition is not well-defined, not legally binding, nor substantiated by action plans. In a first, interdisciplinary, analysis we scrutinise the net-zero concept and discuss unilateral options. Second, we provide an economic analysis with a global computable model, SNOW, of the costs and macroeconomic impacts of various policy scenarios. It explores how the net-zero ambition interacts with other 2030 goals and quantifies the impacts of emphasising domestic abatement and carbon removal measures vs. paying for emission mitigation abroad. Finally, the 2030 results are revisited to assess how well they align with Norwegian and global climate targets for 2050.

It is true that Norway is a major exporter of oil & gas, but it is not the only export from Norway.
Nor is it the main income for the Norwegian Government.
The revenue from oil & gas is put into a “piggybank” (AKA “Oljefondet”) for a rainy day and to ensure pension for future generations.

PS: Only 3% of the income from this fund can be drawn every year used in Norway.

The “hypocrisy” here is that the emission from the exported oil and gas is not counted into the Norwegian emission, but i the countries where it is used.
BTW; The same applies for oil, gas and coal exported from Oz.