Mike Wirth, an industry veteran, even described Chevron as “grounded in integrity and a deep belief in doing the right thing” before brushing off Big Oil critics and making a “real-world” case for fossil fuels.
Says exec of company that has objectively caused more environmental harm to the world than any others
Petrochemicals and the energy from fossil fuels did provide the needed food and energy to boost our standard of living.
HOWEVER
By the time we knew they were affecting the climate, we had the technology to move off of them and didn’t because of assholes like this.
We still don’t have the technology to move of them. Energy storage is severely lacking.
I bet if we had started the process in the 1970s like Carter wanted we’d be a lot further along by now.