[quote=zk][quote=dumbrenter]Norway?
Tax everybody and have over $6/gallon gas price even though you are oil rich.[/quote]
But what would you do?[/quote]
Long term leases on the blocks of the land where the oil is found. And auction them. Make sure the one rich guy gets at least a third of the action but find others incl. encouraging coops from rest of 5 mil -1 people to bid for those blocks.
worst case, get the govt into a few of the blocks too.
Automation or shovels is up to whoever wins the auction on the blocks.
Essentially de-link it from labor or price of the oil (I should have said this first… so much simpler)