Big Automakers Grudgingly Buy Into EVs. Oil Majors Still Lag Behind
April 27th, 2019 | by Nexus Media
Small, nimble startups are leading the shift to electric cars, while big U.S. automakers and oil majors are struggling to keep up
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Oil Giant Total Sees Electric Cars Seriously Cutting Into Oil Demand Soon
April 26th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
At the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference in New York on April 25, Joel Couse, chief economist for Total, predicted that sales of electric cars will surge from about 1% globally in today's new car market to up to 30% of the market by 2030. If that happens, he says, demand for petroleum based fuels "will flatten out, maybe even decline." Total is one of the world's largest oil producers. His forecast surprised many people at the conference
Total’s $1.1 Billion Saft Acquisition & Tom’s BMW i5 — Cleantech Talk #26
May 16th, 2016 | by Matthew Klippenstein
In episode #26 of Cleantech Talk, Matthew and I tackled Tom Moloughney’s vision for the BMW i5, how BMW could potentially compete with Tesla Motors and the Tesla Model 3. We then chatted about a fascinating recent acquisition -- Total's majority control acquisition of Saft -- and the general topic of Total's apparent leadership among oil companies in the transition to clean energy
No Time Toulouse
February 13th, 2016 | by Dr. Elie Chachoua
For the past few decades, the simple message “no time to lose” has fallen on deaf ears, leaving many of [&hellip
Oil Companies Overstating The Case For Natural Gas As World’s ‘Fuel Of Choice’
June 11th, 2015 | by Guest Contributor
Originally published on Energy Post. By Karel Beckman They are the biggest companies in the world and they are making [&hellip
Fracking Wastewater Spoils California Drinking, Farm Supplies
October 14th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
Central California, already painfully stressed by the worst drought in 50 years (which the US Drought Monitor designates as “extreme [&hellip
PG&E Opposes Big Oil-Sponsored Prop 23
July 6th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
Today, PG&E formally came out in opposition to Prop 23, the oil-company-sponsored ballot initiative that is designed to shut down [&hellip
Texas Oil Companies Double Spending to Make California Voters Kill Their Climate Bill
April 21st, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
This November, Texas oil companies hope to dupe California voters into repealing their own clean energy bill; AB32. The oil [&hellip
LAO Rips $54,000 Valero Oil-Funded "Study" Designed To Ditch AB 32, California Climate and Energy Legislation
March 18th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
The state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) today released a report further discrediting a $54,000 oil-sponsored study that falsely exaggerated the [&hellip
3 Hidden Costs of High Oil Prices
May 28th, 2008 | by Sarah Lozanova
As a barrel of oil hovers around $130, the news has been bombarding us with the obvious effects of high [&hellip
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