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This is fascinating, and a great piece. As someone who has an (occasional) front-row view to innovation in the oil & gas industry, I have a lot of thoughts
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When Shell invited me to come to London and advise the company's global warming response, I asked if there was an NDA. When they said no, I called my editor. nymag.com/intelligencer/
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My top line is that I have a lot of sympathy for Mal’s “the system will destroy us all, unless we destroy it first” attitude, and I think it’s valuable to have that voice amplified loudly.
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BUT, from a practical point of view, I think if we give massive subsidies to (energy companies) to lead the energy transition, then at least we will have a transition!
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I’d rather see a global carbon tax treaty with rates set punitively high, even at the risk of destabilizing the entire economy until we find new energy sources, but I am not sure that that’s practical either.
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He's right that there is A LOT of greenwashing in the industry right now, but I do think Shell (+ a few others) are actually making efforts to transform their business in the long run. The political task is to make it urgent not just important, from the perspective of quarterly $
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