Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Shell dumps wind, solar and hydro power

If there aren't investment opportunities which compete with other projects we won't put money into it. We are businessmen and women. If there were renewables [which made money] we would put money into it."

NVDL: There you have it - renewables don't make money, they can't compete withy the energy package you get from fossil fuels, so the idea will be to use FF to the point of exhaustion. Genius thinking, but then Capitalism is based on the corporate entity. Neither have a future long term, or even medium term.
clipped from www.guardian.co.uk

Shell will no longer invest in renewable technologies such as wind, solar and hydro power because they are not economic, the Anglo-Dutch oil company said today. It plans to invest more in biofuels which environmental groups blame for driving up food prices and deforestation.

The company said that many alternative technologies did not offer attractive investment opportunities. Linda Cook, Shell's executive director of gas and power, said: "If there aren't investment opportunities which compete with other projects we won't put money into it. We are businessmen and women. If there were renewables [which made money] we would put money into it."

The company said it would raise debt levels to maintain dividend payments and its spending programme. Van der Veer insisted that energy demand in the long term was strong and oil prices would recover. "The problem is you don't know when the long term starts."

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