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 US is the largest producer of both crude oil and natural gas in the world. That’s what they mean when they say “energy independence:” Not importing foreign oil.
It is today after a massive fracking boom that largely happened independent of the big oil companies (they’re starting to go gobble up the fracking pioneers nowadays).
But up until then nobody was sure of what to do and every independence was a pipe dream. That effort absolutely came with investment into green energy.
You mean the document that starts off with “Expanding Refining Capacity,” “Domestic Production Of Oil From ANWR,” “Natural Gas Offers New Opportunities,” and “Make Clean Use Of Our Coal Supply?”
The one that crows about $1.9 billion over 10 years for clean energy, but also mentions $52 billion in investment in coal?
It also meant reducing imports of oil by being more efficient and investing in green tech by lots of parties across the country.
Green tech like clean coal? Green tech like fracking to get natural gas? Which “green” tech are we talking about here?
Green tech like wind, hydro, solar, and geothermal. The big deal was the fact you don’t need to import oil to run them.
The US is the largest producer of both crude oil and natural gas in the world. That’s what they mean when they say “energy independence:” Not importing foreign oil.
It is today after a massive fracking boom that largely happened independent of the big oil companies (they’re starting to go gobble up the fracking pioneers nowadays).
But up until then nobody was sure of what to do and every independence was a pipe dream. That effort absolutely came with investment into green energy.
So energy independence was a pipe dream until we had a massive boom in the production of a fossil fuel.
And that is apparently “green energy.”
No, but the investments into stuff like geothermal was.
Read this:
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050427-9.html
You mean the document that starts off with “Expanding Refining Capacity,” “Domestic Production Of Oil From ANWR,” “Natural Gas Offers New Opportunities,” and “Make Clean Use Of Our Coal Supply?”
The one that crows about $1.9 billion over 10 years for clean energy, but also mentions $52 billion in investment in coal?
That document on “green energy?”
Keep reading.
This is literally Bush - Republican president - creating green energy incentives and promoting nuclear power.
Energy independence movement absolutely included green energy, even if you are too blinded by the other stuff to see it.