Mike Wirth, an industry veteran, even described Chevron as “grounded in integrity and a deep belief in doing the right thing” before brushing off Big Oil critics and making a “real-world” case for fossil fuels.
Says exec of company that has objectively caused more environmental harm to the world than any others
The sad part is that he may be right because the urgency to transition off fossils is lost in our desire not to be inconvenienced. Don’t mention the bribes (some call them donations) to political parties, candidates and Supreme Court judges.
This is a great weasel word. “Energy independence.” Like we’re going to hook cables up to George Washington and run on carbon-neutral Freedom Juice.™
“Energy independence” still means using fossil fuels. Just maybe different ones like natural gas instead of coal. There’s less emissions, sure, but it’s not anything like what Carter envisioned: Solar power stations in LEO, beaming gigawatts of carbon neutral power down from space.
Petrochemicals and the energy from fossil fuels did provide the needed food and energy to boost our standard of living.
HOWEVER
By the time we knew they were affecting the climate, we had the technology to move off of them and didn’t because of assholes like this.
The sad part is that he may be right because the urgency to transition off fossils is lost in our desire not to be inconvenienced. Don’t mention the bribes (some call them donations) to political parties, candidates and Supreme Court judges.
We still don’t have the technology to move of them. Energy storage is severely lacking.
I bet if we had started the process in the 1970s like Carter wanted we’d be a lot further along by now.
It’s possible, but it’s not like technology halted in that time and there has been a big energy independence drive regardless of Reagan.
The harsh truth is that we still need fossil fuels today.
We’re probably going to need them for decades to come, even if we have massive green energy drives.
This is a great weasel word. “Energy independence.” Like we’re going to hook cables up to George Washington and run on carbon-neutral Freedom Juice.™
“Energy independence” still means using fossil fuels. Just maybe different ones like natural gas instead of coal. There’s less emissions, sure, but it’s not anything like what Carter envisioned: Solar power stations in LEO, beaming gigawatts of carbon neutral power down from space.