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. …
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Shell Oil asks: “What are you willing to change to help reduce emissions?” and offers the following choices: 💨 Offset emissions, 23.1% ✈️ Stop flying, 6.5% 🚗 Buy electric vehicle, 25.6% ⚡️ Renewable electricity, 44.3% As shown here, Twitter had …
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Shortly after the formation of 2GreenEnergy in 2009, my brother asked me why big oil didn’t simply transition from fossil fuels to solar, wind, and the like. I replied, “There are two answers, one speculative, one certain.
I wish there were a way to spin this article in Forbes as exciting “new news,” but it’s been totally obvious now for several years: the plummeting costs of solar and wind energy is in the process of making everything …
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Here’s a video made 26 years ago by Shell Oil, showing that, at some time before that point, they had become completely aware of the relationship between fossil fuel consumption and rising temperatures of the Earth’s atmosphere. What have they …
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: If you want to accept a doctrine based on faith, that’s okay by me. However, it precludes any objective or realistic analysis. No one can accurately predict the future. First, no one’s suggesting that taking things …
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Greenpeace is well known for its aggressive posture vis-a-vis environmental justice, and, in particular, for its demand that our civilization phase out fossil fuels in favor of conservation, efficiency solutions, and renewable energy. Among other things, that means putting a …
Three pieces of good news: • Shell Oil is distancing itself from the conservative front group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) whose purpose, among other horrors, is to spread disinformation on climate change. A Shell spokesperson said, “ALEC’s stance on …
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Frequent commenter Les Blevins suggests: Craig, I suggest you require all commenters to use their real names. I’m not sure how I could do that—even if I thought it was a good idea. I really don’t have a problem with …
People Who Threaten Powerful Organizations Do So At Their Peril Read More »
Frequent commenter Peter Buck asks, “Craig – when you say the sun supplies 6000 times what we use, does that mean “if the entire surface of the world were covered with solar cells”? If so, I despair. If not, exactly …
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