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oil and gas are indispensable and will continue to be indispensable for the observable future and beyond it....
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/World-Leaders-Have-To-Face-The-Truth-About-Oil-Demand.html
Is it better to demonise the Big Oil Companies or to recognise that they are a key transition component?
Are you living in Asia or just like to post at night. lol
I am in Asia.
"Is it better to demonise the Big Oil Companies or to recognise that they are a key transition component?"
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Boyobach, 'big oil' have to be part of the solution IF we manage to tackle climate change....or at least avoid the worst effects. But there will always be mistrust by the green lobby...which is probably healthy & well-founded. Turkeys don't vote for Christmas and currently big oil's business model is still built on producing fossil fuels...there is 'probably' a certain amount of green washing in some of the 'transition' plans being announced ('obviously' not by Shell!!).
Got them conkers in the ground yet BE?
Plenty on the ground to gather, just need a 3 month spell in the cold ground to germinate.
Potted another 70 myself last week, easy peasy to do your bit.
"Got them conkers in the ground yet BE? "
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One of the joys of my childhood.....chucking big lumps of wood up into conker trees to knock off the spikey conkers. Every throw was gonna deliver a world breaking specimen...they hardly ever did. Kept us fit.
Unfortunately I expect kids & parent would get arrested nowadays for doing the same!!
Also aesculus hippocastanum are looking a bit sad over recent years with bleeding canker....another sign of things to come 'perhaps'. Not much point planting millions of indigenous trees if they succomb to disease or drought!!
I'm growing (or is that going?!) coconuts!!
i think your right with both the "going and growing" lol
Somebody needs to make up for the five million xmas trees being cutdown this month. All those carbon eating trees need replacements - doing my bit.
Conkers are far more diverse than some manky imported spruce.
Comeon man, get your spade out, the world needs your contributions :)
If you've got a spare Christmas tree they need one for Trafalgar square....the one from Norway this year is a bit shabby. Are they trying to tell us something!!
A free tree bonanza in Wales apparently...I'm not sure if that is enough incentive to move there!!
Mines plastic im afraid, made from a bit of the good old black stuff.
More eco and Greta friendly than chopping a real live replacement down annually.
BE - Re: green washing: A risky game when there' s lots of scrutiny.
caipi - Re late posts: I just have a random sleep & reading pattern, can't even blame insomnia.
Boyo i’m sure i’m not the only one when I say your contribution here is greatly appreciated, so please get some rest otherwise you’ll be too tired for anything and your mind clouded as well. You wouldn’t want a restless crowd online do you :-)
" Re: green washing: A risky game when there' s lots of scrutiny."
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I'm not sure it is necessarily'risky'.....what would be the risks by their dragging their feet (apart from missing investment opportunities as early adopters). The O&G management might not even think it is 'green washing' but the perception by the green lobby might be they aren't moving with sufficient pace or with enough backing from senior management. I suppose it would be like the fire brigade turning up to your burning house with a single red fire extinguisher...at least they turned up, but perhaps they aren't really taking it seriuously. It could be a matter of priority, some see it as No.1 on the 'To Do' list, others see it further down the list...I think we can all hopefully agree that it should be on the list somewhere!! (which is progress from only a few years ago).
The green lobby have a place and quite rightly have a seat at the table, but oh my, is it ever a bind to hear folks harp on about not being quick enough, not picking the right transitional plan, not dropping ABC in favour of XYZ…. I hear a lot of not this, or not that, but very little constructive encouragement. Shell is one of the more collaborative players IMO, it doesn’t always work in their favour.
The Lobby community can be part of the solution, but come willing to discuss and with a good dose of realism .