it is true. electricity and electricity costs in norway are sky high because we have a network that extends to neighboring countries and europe. we sell electricity cheaply and they have electricity bills that are a fraction of norwegians, which also leads to our having extreme electricity prices. the entire infrastructure that the eu runs is completely on the nose. it is nothing but a money grab that leads to nothing. we have seen this going on for decades now. and it never gets better. at the same time, we send astronomical sums of money to countries that are so large that an ordinary calculator will not be able to fit all the numbers. why not instead use the money we send to countries that hate us, to the united states and help invest in infrastructure for american citizens in the form of roads, fighting crime, healthcare etc. to me, it seems much more logical than us throwing money at countries that either just take advantage of us, or that hate us.   the brits are good. we have great relations with uk. and that is the only country in eu that we have the best match with, in the same way that we have with the us. we do invest a lot in the uk in form of energy and technology etc. but my point of view is that instead of being a part of eu and do handouts to african shitholes and places in the middle east, we could invest and spend money in the us. we do have a close relationship with the us already, but in my opinion its not enough. there are so much more we could do and cooperate on in form of energy, natural resources, technology, healthcare etc.
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