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Shell CEO Mocks Electric Cars

 
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It should probably not come as a surprise that the CEO of a major oil company would not be happy about electric cars, even if the rest of the world is excited.

Such is the case of Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jereoen van der Veer. van der Veer told Reuters that electric cars are, get this, a thing of the past. He also believes they will require too much infrastructure to become practical.

"My milkman used to drive around in electric cars a long time ago ... What's new?" he said.

van der Veers solution to the oil problem...biofuels.

"I want Shell to be really big in one renewable," he said. "That will be biofuel."

So it seems if Shell had its way the electric car would be killed again. Unfortunately for them though the tides of change have risen and there will be no turning back. Maybe van der Veer can find a new job for all those oil trucks, how about milk transport?

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  1. By  Penina Posted: 5/9/2009 8:22am PDT

    "I'm Smiling, Too"

    I'm smiling about how a short-sighted power grab rooted in the same thinking that helped get us into this mess, will make the likes of van der Veers "a thing of the past." He is looking for the One, Big Solution when the time for One, Big Solution has ended.
     
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  2. By  htomfields Posted: 5/11/2009 8:07am PDT

    "Web Content Editor"

    There is a lot of data and other information about hybids and PHEVs available at the Idaho National Laboratory site.
    https://inlportal.inl.gov/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1679&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=25&mode=2&in_hi_userid=200&cached=true
     
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  3. By  KnowYourPlanet Posted: 6/20/2009 1:15pm PDT

    The petrochemical industry would want the next generation of cars to be driven on bio fuels. Bio fuel cars also require oil filters, engine oil, lots of moving parts etc. The problem is that today's production of bio fuel is made in plantations which take up land areas which would otherwise be used for food production. Unless bio fuel is produced using (example) sewage as nutrients, CO2 from a coal fired plant + is grown in Algae medium, bio fuel is another sure way to destroy the planet.
     
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