The Green Oil Man
My sources at the G8 provided me with this article presented to the delegates in Gleneagles, Scotland this week. It is written by Sir John Browne, a geologist and CEO of BP, described by some as one who loves rocks and the earth, and the man who took a nearly bankrupt British Petroleum and made it BP, the 3rd largest corporation in the world today.
....'tonnes' of candor for an 'oil man'.
I pasted it here in its entirety.
posted by Randy @ 7/08/2005 07:37:00 AM
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I've been making a conscious effort to buy BP gas ever since you (Randy) first told me how they went above and beyond the environmental protection standards when constructing their gas stations. I also like their line of thinking--I've seen several commercials now with the tagline: "BP-Beyond Petroleum." I see this in stark contrast to our government's continued insistence that the solution to the world's energy shortages lies in finding more oil supplies. Instead, I believe we (and that's the global "we") need to dedicate ourselves to an all-out effort to develop alternate fuels, renewable energy resources, more efficient vehicles, etc. As such, I'd like to throw this idea out there--why not adopt the European idea of taxing vehicles based on engine volume? This could be a good incentive for people to look for more fuel-efficient vehicles. Those who still want big SUV's can get them, but they'll just have to pay extra--which is fair since they are using more of the energy supply anyway. (And, there could be a tax break for those who use their large vehicles for business purposes.) This extra tax revenue could be funneled directly into a research and development fund for alternate/renewable fuels. How about it?
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