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Chevron & Sierra Club: Drilling for Common Ground

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Sierra Club's Carl Pope: 'Congress Doesn't Get It'

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Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope and Chevron CEO Dave O'Reilly debate the future of energy policy. Pope says the White House is finally in on climate change, but "Congress doesn't get it."
Natural Gas Makes Bedfellows of Sierra Club and Chevron

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Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope debates Chevron CEO Dave O'Reilly about only reducing emissions 20-25% by 2050. Pope says we can do much better, especially with new technology.

Both executives agree that cleaner burning natural gas must replace dirty coal.
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amzoil

Posted: 02.09.11, 09:55 AM

I like the point that O'Riley made about the Ecuadorian government making 72 billion dollars from the Texaco drilling contract. Everyone loves to blame the corporations. But where is Ecuador's government in all of this? Don't they bear the responsibility for the people of Ecuador? That government could have done alot for it's people with 72 billion dollars. I have personally drilled for oil in Africa, Indonesia, Alaska, Louisiana, and many other places. What I have have seen, with my own eyes, is that communities where oil companies operate have a higher standard of living. The energy industry creates jobs in places that would otherwise be very poor. I have also seen very greedy and corrupt governments allow their people to live in filth while they get rich off oil revenues. Corporations' goals are obvious; they want to turn a profit, and it's in their interest to make that profit in a responsible way. In my very real and personal experiences drilling around the world, governments are the problem...consistently.

chefjeremy

Posted: 05.06.10, 04:16 AM

i could be wrong, but doesnt natural gas give less BTUs than petrolium? Wouldnt have to use more to get the same result? I feel that all new tectnology should be use so there would be more insentive to improve them. diversity is important for change. Also, does plant life improve carbon levels?

4TimesAYear

Posted: 09.02.09, 11:30 PM

Burning biofuels is no different than burning coal. They're both carbon - the only difference is one is not fossilized. Reality bites.

4TimesAYear

Posted: 09.02.09, 11:23 PM

The earth does not have a fever. There is no meaningful "global average temperature" Our planet is wonderfully balanced. While it's summer in one hemisphere, it's winter in the other. +100 degrees in Chicago will not melt ice where it's -100. It's time to get back to common sense.