Comments on: The right way to approach energy policy http://www.logipundit.com/2007/12/the-right-way-to-approach-energy-policy.html A Bastion of Reason Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: wdporter http://www.logipundit.com/2007/12/the-right-way-to-approach-energy-policy.html#comment-3124 wdporter Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:28:32 +0000 http://www.logipundit.com/2007/12/the-right-way-to-approach-energy-policy.html#comment-3124 And don't forget the oil companies. It's really simple. Profitability and time. If you're the CEO of a major energy company, and the environmental gloom and doom crowd is putting that much pressure on "traditional" energy, then you have to make a decision that'll make sure that you're not the only energy company that hasn't converted. If that pressure is weak, and you can see that oil and coal are going to last another 50-75 years, then you really have little incentive. But if the global "consensus" is strong enough, and it looks more like 25 years, then you have to do more than just good PR, you have to transform your company into an energy company, not just an oil company. If the church of global warming really believed what they preached they would praise alternative fuel efforts of oil companies and castigate those who are making no effort. If they're doing that, I'm not seeing it. Here are some links of the major oil companies: <a href="http://www.shell.com/home/content/technology-en" rel="nofollow">Shell</a> <a href="http://www.chevron.com/" rel="nofollow">Chevron</a> <a href="http://www.exxon.com/USA-English/gFM/home_Contact_Us/homepage.asp" rel="nofollow">Chevron</a> <a href="http://p66conoco76.conocophillips.com/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Conoco/Phillips</a> <a href="http://www.citgo.com/Home.jsp" rel="nofollow">Citgo</a> <a href="http://www.bp.com/" rel="nofollow">BP</a> <a href="http://www.sunocoinc.com/site" rel="nofollow">Sunoco</a> Quick quiz. Which ones are putting lots of money into researching alternative fuels, and which ones aren't? Which is the ONLY one that actually has an alternative fuel on their list of products and services? Anyway, I'm all for calling attention to oil companies' that take (or don't take) responsibility for moving us out of the fossil fuel age. And don’t forget the oil companies. It’s really simple.

Profitability and time.

If you’re the CEO of a major energy company, and the environmental gloom and doom crowd is putting that much pressure on “traditional” energy, then you have to make a decision that’ll make sure that you’re not the only energy company that hasn’t converted.

If that pressure is weak, and you can see that oil and coal are going to last another 50-75 years, then you really have little incentive. But if the global “consensus” is strong enough, and it looks more like 25 years, then you have to do more than just good PR, you have to transform your company into an energy company, not just an oil company.

If the church of global warming really believed what they preached they would praise alternative fuel efforts of oil companies and castigate those who are making no effort. If they’re doing that, I’m not seeing it. Here are some links of the major oil companies:

Shell
Chevron
Chevron
Conoco/Phillips
Citgo
BP
Sunoco

Quick quiz. Which ones are putting lots of money into researching alternative fuels, and which ones aren’t? Which is the ONLY one that actually has an alternative fuel on their list of products and services?

Anyway, I’m all for calling attention to oil companies’ that take (or don’t take) responsibility for moving us out of the fossil fuel age.

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