Stories tagged with "ConocoPhillips"

My Top 10 Energy Stories of 2007

Posted by Robert Rapier on December 28, 2007 - 5:29pm
Topic: Supply/Production
Tags: 10 things, al gore, chevy volt, conocophillips, ethanol, food prices, ls9, nuclear energy, oil prices, peak oil, range fuels, reader submission, solar efficiency, solar power [list all tags]

First, thanks to all who contributed ideas. You may have an entirely different opinion on the most important energy stories. Feel free to share it. Many of these stories were contributed by various readers. Comments by readers are italicized. If you want to know who wrote what, you can see the entire comment thread here.

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Peak oil: BP, Conoco CEOs say it's here - also IEA's Fatih Birol really freaks out

Posted by Jerome a Paris on November 11, 2007 - 9:30am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: bp, conocophillips, iea [list all tags]

After the CEO of Total (the French oil major) last week, two more CEOs of an oil major came out this Thursday to give stark warnings that mean that peak oil is happening right now. In addition, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency (the IEA), one of the main cheerleaders of the "there's more than enough oil" camp until now, is giving an extraordinarily pessimistic interview in the Financial Times, following the recent publication of their latest World Energy Outlook.

Let me take you through all their affirmations.

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Are Subsidies to Oil Companies Ever Justified?

Posted by Robert Rapier on April 23, 2007 - 9:58am
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: biodiesel, biofuel, conocophillips, green diesel, oil companies, subsidies [list all tags]

Should We Ever Subsidize an Oil Company?

“Of course not!” might be the immediate reaction of most people. But doesn’t it depend on the objectives you are trying to achieve or the behaviors you wish to influence? Are there no cases in which it would be warranted? What if the end result was a reduction in our fossil fuel consumption?

I think most people would like to see us move away from fossil fuels. But fossil fuels are money-makers for the oil companies, and the cheapest option (strictly in terms of dollars at the pump) for consumers. So how do we wean off of fossil fuels?

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