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Why Oil Companies Are Walking Back From Green Energy
(www.nytimes.com)
Is the answer money? I bet it's money.
Oil manufacturing is easy, and infrastructure is there already. Green energy is new territory and requires r&d. I’m not advocating for oil, but why would they ever change? They do OIL. That’s like asking a cow farmer why they aren’t selling vegetables.
this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2024
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