The Internet has empowered many key social phenomena of our day, including shining a light on shameful behavior—on the part of both individual people as well as corporations. This can have enormous impact, as huge numbers of people decide to …
Shell Oil’s Attempt to Clean up Its Image Is Backfiring Read More »
I’ve mentioned a few times that even Shell Oil believes the market for oil (gasoline and diesel – liquid hydrocarbons) is going away, and will be very small by the year 2060 – almost entirely replaced by electric vehicles – …
Shell Oil, the Future of Transportation, and Coal in the Grid-Mix Read More »
Shell Oil is sponsoring an educational video project called Rational Middle. I invite you to check it out; it’s very good. As the title suggests, the point is that both the far left wing (advocating for an immediate abandonment of …
Here’s a terrific 6-minute-long documentary that Joe Romm’s team at Climate Progress put together, presenting the environmental dangers associated with drilling for oil in the Arctic. Now that Shell is going to be leading the way, it may be good …
Shell's Drilling for Oil in the Arctic Presents Huge Environmental Dangers Read More »
Re: Shell Oil, Mother Jones reports: Shell’s profits have climbed to $14 billion for the first half of 2024 after its decision to focus on fossil fuels over low-carbon energy delivered stronger than expected earnings for a second consecutive quarter. …
From Mother Jones: Shell Is Doubling Down on Fossil Fuels. We’re Paying the Price Read More »
From: The Story of Stuff Project While Americans were reckoning with sky-high gas prices at the pump last year, ExxonMobil reported on Tuesday that it made $56 billion in profits in 2022. That’s the most a Western oil company has …
From this piece on Shell Oil and climate collapse: A long-time Shell consultant based in the United Kingdom quit with a bang on Monday, condemning the fossil fuel giant for its dangerous efforts to expand oil and gas production despite numerous scientific warnings about the …
Oil Giant Consultant Resigns, Citing Operations Beyond ‘Limits of Our Planetary Systems’ Read More »
It would be interesting to know the LCA (life-cycle analysis) of this product. True, it doesn’t cause trees to be harvested, and let’s suppose the loss of the bamboo has zero ecological impact. But how much energy is required to …
Reel Toilet Paper, Made from 100% Sustainable Bamboo Read More »
From Bloomberg: Increasing pressure on major oil companies has forced many to make promises to reduce the extraction of their main fossil fuel. They also warn that the result may not be a reduction in global emissions.
Here’s the start of an article in the blog “The Long Tail Pipe,” with a few of my comments beneath it. A few days ago Royal Dutch Shell announced it was accelerating its strategy to drive down carbon emissions while …
