What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Fund higher education programs
- Invest in technology
- Open up access to drilling sites
- Better use of refineries
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Be better prepared in the case of emergencies such as Hurricane Katrina
- Better protect our assets
- More public awareness and education
- Work to change behavior
- Invest in technology and be more assertive in the design of technology
- Work with all constituencies
- Rely less on foreign oil
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Mixture of coal, natural gas, biofuels, wind and solar, hydrogen
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Pursue alternative fuels and promote the use of alternative fuels
- Expand refineries
- Increase education
- Invest in energy efficiency
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Need to let markets do their work … state rules are bad, need federal oversight
- Need higher taxes on consumption to drive down price – this would reduce consumption and allow us to look for better ways
- Conserve when there is a tight supply and high demand
- Do a better job of communicating issues such as global supply and demand
- Find energy saving devices
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico; exploring and producing more crude oil
- Exploration in Alaska and Wyoming
- Use of boutique fuels, especially when supply is disrupted
- Coal, alternative fuels
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Wrong question - should we increase oil supply at all?
- Stop all drilling in US now
- Drill in Alaska
- Conserve - do away with SUVs in US
- Do a better job of convincing politicians of importance of energy security
- Demonstrate that Shell can drill environmentally safely and friendly
- Drill more - especially offshore Florida
- Import more oil - save our oil for the future
- Share technology with other countries to reduce their consumption
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Taxation of energy use - use proceeds for alternative energy R&D
- Better leadership - less special interest influence
- More education about energy
- Demand LEED compliant building codes
- Encourage conservation with incentives
- More mass transit
- Strengthen and simplify CAFÉ standards
- Develop technology for economic electric cars
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Probably a phased effort - longer than 10 years
- More nuclear
- More biomass, wind and solar energy in mix
- Increased use of low sulfur diesel
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Bring nuclear and non-fossil fuel alternatives on line
- Tax incentives/rebates to encourage solar panels for use in homes and commercial buildings
- Enhanced recovery
- Ensure that all domestically produced oil is consumed inside the US and not exported
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Increase number of carpool lanes
- Make available more energy efficient cars
- Reduce population growth
- To reduce our dependence on oil, institute a CO2 tax, increase tax on gasoline and do not import oil from terrorist nations
- Do a better job in communicating issues around energy security
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- There are concerns about our dependence on foreign oil – at their mercy w/ regard to supply/price and terrorism
- Nuclear need to play a role as safer technology and the ability to better deal w/ waste is developed
- Bring on hydrogen technology sooner than later, and oil companies should be playing a role to facilitate this transition
- Quit picking on President Bush
- Raise money to support the development of alternative fuels (through taxes) and provide incentives to develop renewables
- Support research efforts enrich spent uranium for nuclear power generation
- Government/private money to support university and Corp R&D efforts
- Electric generation from hydrogen
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- There is a leadership vacancy in business that Shell could fill by pulling out of such extensive exploration and focus more on alternative fuel sources
- Shell should use the money that is currently being used to search for oil ($17 billion) and instead use it to develop better alternatives to oil?
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Understanding that Shell is not an automobile company, what pressure could Shell bring to bear on the auto industry to advance alternatively fuelled vehicles?
- Shell Oil Company needs to consistently be a leader in supplier-diversity
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- In a nation that is constantly increasing its urban sprawl and energy needs, what needs to be done to change the way Americans consume oil?
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- A response was that we should be asking the question not in terms of oil supply but rather energy supply
- Conservation could be a new source of supply, but what's in it for Shell?
- We will not get there with an industry education program that addresses drilling technology, safety and the environment.
- How do we overcome the political challenge of accessibility (a parallel was made to the timber industry in Portland)
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Encourage public mass transit
- There was a concern that energy will become a product of elite society
- We need more energy engineers to achieve the correct balance between the need for more energy and the need to reduce CO2 emissions.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- It was suggested that the we would not move away from hydrocarbon sources until something event(s) happened that would cause that change, and that ultimately price would drive the shift.
- In the absence of events (legislative, geopolitical, technological breakthroughs, etc) consumers with their choices would be left to move the economy toward renewables.
- Whatever the energy mix, it would have to be convenient and reliable
- There was much interest in Portland about Wave energy
- Hybrid vehicles
- Demographic shift to urban centers such that people are close to work.
- It was suggested that the question should be "What do we do in the next 10 years to prepare for 50-years out" or "What energy bridges are we building today to get us from short-term to the long-term solutions?"
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Do nothing- don't want more oil supply; we want to drive markets toward non-fossil fuel energy sources
- Stabilizing (not increasing) supply/demand should be the goal.
- Legislate energy efficiency. Energy efficiency equals new supply.
- Exploit technology (enhanced recovery, deep water drilling)
- Prefer to do business with Canada rather than the Middle East and Russia.
- Reduce corruption in the producing countries.
- Do not sacrifice our domestic water resources to increase hydrocarbon production. Invest in technologies that address the reclamation of "produced water"
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Education and the adoption of effective energy-efficiency measures from other countries
- There's not enough pain to drive the market towards change...need legislation, taxation and incentivization
- America needs energy consumption behavior modification
- We agree that change needs to happen, but can't agree as to how to make it happen
- Curb urban sprawl. Make inner city living attractive.
- Find a way to make mass transit a more attractive option
- A call for Shell to take the lead in efforts to support CAFE standards
- Set the highest standards for your manufacturing facilities
- Support taxes on oil and gas
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Augmentation of traditional energy sources with alternative sources (10 % wind turbines, increased use of ethanol in fuels, etc.)
- In the coming decade we should achieve 50% reduction in energy usage by adopting energy efficient measures
- Increased use of biofuels and the development of high-energy density crops
- Can't make a case for any serious or immediate changes in the coming decade
- A climate stable energy mix by 2025 with reduced demand and clean low carbon energy sources
- Developments in alternative transportation modes will dictate
- A call for Shell to take the lead in efforts to support global energy policies that are not self-serving, but that serve humanity.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Americans are not "entitled" to cheap gasoline
- Push for subsidized conservation
- Build more refining capacity (with 90% efficiency)
- Work with government to increase use of alternative sources
- Find a way to stabilize the Middle East
- Focus on distribution channels for alternative fuels
- Develop better capacity for fully utilizing existing oil fields
- To be an industry leader, reverse strategy & spend more on R&D than capital investment to increase refining
- We (oil industry) have not done a good job of explaining/educating the public on price/supply and profit; Big Oil should tell the public what they are doing with their profits and not just sit in the background
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Minneapolis was the first market of the 50-City Tour thus far where someone advocated a gas tax increase, a notion that was later endorsed by a majority of the attendees in the room
- Tax gasoline until people conserve; a high rate is needed to accelerate change, not incremental steps
- Set prices high enough to discourage long commutes
- Government should increase "pain" through tax
- Make it possible for politicians to get re-elected while still being able to push conservation
- Transform costs of environmental and military programs to increase fuel tax & dedicate back to military
- We need to create behavioral change from the public and encourage energy efficiency and conservation
- Create a mainstream educational program that targets specific lifestyles and demographics (e.g. teenagers, Minnesotans, mothers, singles, etc.) and teaches lifestyle changes that can make a difference
- Pursue more research on alternative fuels & cleaner engines
- Increase subsidies for effective technologies
- Utilize current mass transportation and build/expand infrastructure
- Increase government funding of mass transit or figure out a way to fund it without government
- Assess a surcharge on energy that is used to fund a non-profit that facilitates conservation by business, individuals
- Focus on "highly efficient" industrials
- Long-term - Conservation efficiency before advancing alternatives; demonstrate that is part of our value proposition
- Find a way to make products' costs reflect the full cost to the environment (from making and using it)
- Individual action, such as turning heat WAY DOWN at night and using fuel efficient light bulbs
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Pursue alternatives (coal, nuclear, ethanol, biofuels, etc.) and develop strategy to "interchange" to those fuels
- Greater public recognition of the increasing dependency on foreign oil sources and pressure to reduce that dependency
- Emphasis on increased efficiency and conservation
- Greater public/private investment in wind, solar, biomass, biofuels, and efficient energy storage and transmission
- Continued reliance on coal with emphasis on carbon capture technology
- Less fossil fuel-based sources; need to decrease our use by 70% to stem the trend toward global warming. I see a mix of solar, wind, biomass, along with greater efficiencies (allowed through new technologies)
- Nuclear power was seen as some to be experiencing a potential renaissance
- Invest in research to develop more efficient products - electric vehicles, for example
- Demand/require higher efficiency standards not only for cars but other energy users (heating/cooling systems)
- Actively support more fuel-efficient vehicles with good mpg, good driving etiquette, incentive to buy efficient vehicles and use mass transit & increase efficiency in trip planning
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Gain more access to places like Alaska, ANWR
- Promote better public policy
- Much more education for the consumer
- Work more closely and effectively with the auto industry and government
- Increase refining capacity
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Just let market forces work
- Create more policy controls such as taxes
- Tighten CAFÉ standards and building codes
- Encourage telecommuting
- Design US communities such that we travel less
- Create an All Wheel Drive SUV that gets 60 miles per gallon
- Encourage mass transit
- Better Education about energy, especially for kids
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- All sources of energy will be needed
- More electricity for mobility
- More Biofuels
- Many more natural gas vehicles
- Alternative energy sources - move away from hydrocarbons
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- The question is flawed: we should start with, "Should we increase domestic oil or look for alternatives?"
- Increase ethanol use to displace oil
- More investment in new oil sources-and let public know how much we invest
- Even though Shell is an energy supply company, it should be educating to reduce demand-the most economical way to balance supply/demand when supply is pinched
- Is there the possibility of positive results from dealing with Venezuela? How is the Gulf supply holding up?
- Increase refinery capacity, exploration, keep pushing ahead on exploration and drilling technology, do whatever is necessary to protect the environment but do not give up on extraction from sensitive regions.
- Push R&D of secondary recovery so you can effectively extract more from old fields
- Open up closed areas for exploration
- Increase tar sands production where appropriate
- Increase use of biomass for ethanol
- Increase extractions from shale
- Partner with car makers for more efficient engines
- Employ new technology for conversion of coal to transportation motor fuels
- What is Shell doing to increase distribution infrastructure?
- Shell should support higher CAFÉ standards
- Find a way to make each barrel of oil more efficient in the refining process
- Lobby legislature to standardize fuels and make refineries more efficient
- Can US/domestic supply be increased by majors cooperating with independent producers that can operate profitably at lower production rates?
- How can Shell or other majors gain access to reserves and bring them to market?
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Ask that the usage of energy in the US needs to be addressed
- Consumers (US) will have to dial back demand in face of the industry inability to increase supply. India and China want to join Europe, US, Japan at the table of standard of living
- Support a carbon tax, support much higher CAFÉ standards, support land use planning that reduces driving, support clean, renewable energy
- CAFÉ standards are critical. Light rail and/or living closer to work/recreation are important
- Strategies to maximize well production
- Promote mass transit, create bicycle lanes, HOV lanes
- Why has the change in demand not impacted the price?
- Conservation, vehicle maintenance, creative energy management, mass transit
- Government policy needs to favor small cars, need to fund public transport
- Federal and state governments need to use tax credits to stimulate fuel-efficient vehicles, energy-efficient buildings and development of alternative energy sources such as wind, solar. Consistency and persistence are essential.
- Encourage corporations and government to engage in energy savings plans for their companies. Incentives should be given to encourage saving.
- Tax credits for consumers who use energy-efficient products and processes
- Global change should be to more diesel/hybrid to decrease usage
- Provide realistic information on the net energy implications of alternative fuels
- Get the government (state and federal) out of the industry and let the free market rule
- Get the word out to people so they believe there's an issue/greater consumer awareness of current state of affairs.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- There has to be a move away from fossil fuels.
- More wind power, solar, geothermal efficiency, use of biomass/biochemical products
- Realistically, what are the probabilities that new, cutting-edge research and technology will come along and create new sources of energy where none existed before, such as quickly and efficiently converting carbon waste back into crude oil or developing efficient process for creating hydrogen.
- Use our resources for transportation fuel instead of foreign oil. We must reduce our dependence on foreign oil. We have the technologies and natural resources in this country-coal, biomass, oil shale-to produce transportation fuels needed in the US.
- Help US further encourage E85 production and the automobile industry to produced mixed-use vehicles (gas and E85)
- The country will need a mix of coal, other hydrocarbon fuels, nuclear and renewables. But we must start now to build coal plants with CO2 sequestration, advanced nuclear and to exploit non-traditional-tar sands.
- More use of clean coal technology, more nuclear energy, expansion in use of fuel cells, geothermal and solar heating for homes and buildings
- Coal! Coal! Coal! In different preparations and concepts
- Coal liquification has to be in the equation in a big way
- Transition to diesel
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Diversify the sources of supply
- Focus on energy rather than oil
- Seek supply options consistent with current oil and gas infrastructure in US
- Commercialize oil shale recovery
- Coal gasification
- Enhanced recovery in old oilfields
- Invest in renewables - solar and wind
- Invest in cellulosic ethanol rather than corn or sugar based
- Encourage higher CAFÉ standards
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Consumers need to collectively change their mindset about energy and how it is used
- Education of children to make better energy consumers of the future
- Government needs to change the dynamics of the energy equation, forcing and enabling people to make different choices with the energy they use
- Governments need to plan more energy efficient communities
- Recycling, tax breaks, education
- Companies need to invest more in alternatives (energy sources and fuels) rather than hydrocarbons
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Decrease foreign dependence
- Reduce CO2 footprint, cap and trade carbon credits
- Smart Energy Technology - Use technology to reduce oil usage - green buildings, electric cars, microthermal
- Educate youth - make them afraid of the future
- More nuclear
- No more nuclear - clean coal instead
- Increase share of renewables - solar
- More unconventionals - shale and oil sands, coalbed methane
- Increase CAFÉ standards
- Increase efficient ethanol use
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Increase energy supply not the oil supply!
- More access to federal lands - work with politicians at state and federal level
- More access, but only in an environmentally friendly way
- Increase the supply by taxing gasoline
- Attract and retain geologic and engineering experts
- More unconventionals - Oil shales and oil sands
- Offset oil with renewables (solar, wind, biofuels) and hydrogen
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- EDUCATION
- The time is now and the American public is ready to take action. We do not want to be dependent on foreign oil. We need to understand how energy touches so many parts of our lives not just gasoline for our cars.
- Education is the answer and importation of oil is the problem. We need people in the field acting as consultants for individuals and businesses on how to reduce their dependency on energy.
- Education provides: 1) In the development of curriculum that will address why we need to conserve, 2) the development of "to do" conservation projects for grade school children, benchmarking what success should look like, 3) publication of conservation success stories and 4) working with Keep America Beautiful.
- Involve all segments in the educational process-especially developing education energy curriculum! Start with corporate initiatives to lead the way.
- Emphasizing the significance to life of conservation of energy. This is not clearly understood. Severity of potential supply issues not being communicated. There may be constraints on what anyone can do here in America, as the management of oil by other governments is likely to prevent a market solution. It is probably required that there be a larger role taken to address the energy demand issues by our federal government.
- At preschool level by using incentives to get youth involved in conservation projects-stimulating their minds and focus on conservation. What I have observed is that young people (teens and up) are not very conservation focused. It is important that as adults we set a good example. My father, for example, would turn up an oilcan to drain the last drop. Who among us is willing to lay down their car keys and take mass transit?
- We need to identify the options and implications. How does conservation fit in?
- Investing in mass transit and light rail to address energy conservation. A recent vote for light rail was defeated in Cincinnati because people didn't understand the benefits for energy conservations and even job creation.
- Corporate creativity, how to grow and remain profitable with government constraints (i.e. increased taxes)? What price do we pay for being dependent on oil (foreign oil)? However, I think to manage this dependency on foreign oil we need to diplomatic as we strive to increase our independence.
- Raise gasoline tax - Look at the price of gasoline in many countries that is much higher than here in the U.S. We should raise the price of gasoline at the pump and then take the remainder over the price to produce and sell and use it to develop solutions. We should utilized specific schools and researchers to look into the issues of energy conservations to come up with solutions and be prepared to pay them for this research. Set price of gasoline at a high enough price and plan to use excess to invest in conservation. How many of us are willing to take the bus or train.
- Change behaviors - It is penalizing people to talk about setting price high instead of finding more positive methods to influence their behavior.
- Convert cars from gasoline to diesel. Government should take a more active role in setting standards for energy conservation. We should use revisit CAFÉ standards and have government set higher standards and hold people, companies accountable.
- The growing belief in ethanol as an energy solution is driving other actions, which may be detrimental benefits. For example, I have read that farmers are plowing under valuable farmland and choosing to plan corn instead of other crops because of the economic advantage. We should stop to determine the true costs of these types of trade off; will there be implications in terms of higher CO2 emissions? We should consider for example imposing a carbon tax to help manage situations such as these.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Heavy dependence on fossil fuels must change
- More solar and wind by 2017
- Increased use of biofuels
- Use cellulosic ethanol rather than use food to make ethanol
- Hydrogen - but must develop infrastructure for delivery
- Energy / oil conservation is a must
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Education/Conservation
- Access - Outer Continental Shelf
- Oil Shales / Tar Sands
- Use others oil / save ours for as long as possible
- Make geologic reserves information public
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Conservation
- Education (adults and kids)
- Support long term economics - don't be so short term
- Improved public transportation
- Economic incentives and taxes
- How can you justify excessive profits?
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- More renewables
- More biomass and cellulosic ethanol
- Mix will not change - oil companies will reduce price to keep alternatives out
- Don't worry about mix - focus on conservation - market will then sort mix out
- Mix will depend on market drivers - and is unpredictable
- More nuclear
- No more nuclear
- More natural gas and alternative to it (coal bed methane, LNG)
- More ethanol and hydrogen
- More renewable (solar and wind)
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Don't increase domestic oil supply - push alternatives
- More access - such as Alaska
- Educate people on risk of dependence on foreign oil
- Enhanced recover (CO2 flood)
- Use other countries oil
- Find ways to reduce demand
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Education (World War 2 parents were not wasteful - we are) must teach conservation esp. to kids - make it a cultural shift - we all must own the issue
- Government - are the policies aligned today that favor conservation? Building codes are not aligned - Mandates on CAFÉ standards - tax or fee on gas guzzlers
- Economics - raise the price but reinvest in alternatives. Energy prices do not reflect the true price (Middle East war, etc)
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- More solar
- More biofuels - nuclear was absent as was clean coal
- Education on energy for kids
- Applications of new technology
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Oil Shales (Unconventional resources) Oil Sands in an environmentally friendly way - however some of the group thought this made no sense
- Access OCS and ANWR - but some people said no, don't open up
- Better Education of public
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Conservation
- Alternatives - different types
- Policy - CAFÉ, incentives, punishments, taxes
- Role of Education - focused/continual from elementary school up to government officials
- Tell people what Shell is doing -and do more
- Conversation focused around global vs. national interest... do India and China care?
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Predominance of fossil fuels - oil shales, oil sands - have alternatives account for 40%
- Education
- Community Involvement
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Education about energy
- Penalties and sanctions for those who waste - Incentives for those who conserve
- Discussion on "government should mandate" vs. "oil companies should go ahead with conservation/efficiency without government policy in place"
- Improved transportation systems
- Make sure to investigate and use low tech solutions too
- 4% of world populations (US) uses over 20% of oil... but we have largest economy
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Cut consumption to save oil - maximize supply
- Look for new oil - drill in Gulf of Mexico, Alaskan tundra
- Be more efficient
- Social responsibility
- Improve refineries - operational excellence
- Question wrong practices - Shell should enhance cooperation with others
- Biodiesel/Coal
- Peace and Freedom
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Mainly oil, but supplanted by coal, wind, solar - it will take a diverse mix.
- Mix will be driven by global influences - what happens when China comes online?
- Why not more women in Shell's senior management?
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Diversify current energy portfolio, looking to alternative sources and renewables
- Increase domestic oil production
- Work with government officials to develop appropriate energy policies
- Reduce current use, and therefore increase supply, through greater efficiency, use reduction and conservation
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Increase consumer education concerning energy related issues, opportunities and repercussions
- Change the current "culture of usage" through education, policy and programs
- Government should drive changes through appropriate legislation
- Consumers should conserve more and products should become more energy efficient
- Develop communities where less energy is needed for transportation - use of mass transit, closer proximity to central business districts, more carpooling greater use of electric cars, and walking
- Greater leadership is required from both industry and government officials to step up as change agents - to force changes in sources, plan for the future, and work with the public.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Reduced oil dependency on foreign supply
- Greater mix of alternatives and renewables while also increasing domestic production
- While oil will continue to be the primary source of energy, opportunities will increase for nuclear energy, and consumers will shift usage patterns to things like electric cars
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Wrong question - should increase energy not oil
- Conservation
- Fuel cells instead of fossil fuels
- The fossil fuel economy is unsustainable for the long term
- Move quickly to alternatives - but 85% of energy is hydrocarbon based, so will take a long while
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- More regulation - increase taxes on gasoline
- Education - public needs to understand energy better
- Overall energy strategy should be in place with government and industry leading the way
- Incentives in place for use of alternative fuels
- Tax gasoline and use the revenue to fund implementation of alternative fuels (Encourage the free enterprise system to work)
- Incentivize conservation
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Most enthusiasm around increasing alternatives and biofuels
- Don't expand, but reduce dependence on foreign oil - but not really looking for more access for convention resources - but don't want to have Colorado look like Ohio when finished)
- Nuclear, wind and solar - but felt that oil companies should be pushing this
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Public education of everyone to affect public policy regarding access
- Reinvest in education to build confidence among the public/consumers
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- The marketplace will create the solution
- Regulated MPG and license vehicles to stretch what we're doing now
- High-speed rail
- Incentives for alternatives
- Nuclear
- Education to change the mentality of people: the many uses of petroleum products, but petroleum is not going to last forever
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Find ways to be less dependent on foreign oil and fossil fuels
- Shift from a small number of energy sources to a larger number of sources
- Reconsider nuclear, need government support and new technology for handling waste
- Ethanol-concern for effect on food prices: concern about inefficient cellulosic ethanol, but still look at it
- Conservation- the message needs to be different; stop wasting, consider lifestyle changes, live in cities versus suburbs
- Clean coal
- Be mindful of CO2 and global warming
- Build communities (housing, schooling, shopping, etc) around companies that locate in areas so people can live close to where they work
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic supply?
- Should be an increase in energy not just oil...
- Increase domestic drilling via responsible access
- Use more alternatives and biofuels
- Improved technology
- Increase conservation, change to more efficient lifestyle
- Raise price and use taxes on gasoline to reduce demand and fund alternatives
- Educate the public so they can make informed choices around energy
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/consumption?
- Conservation
- Educate the public, especially the youth, about conservation and viable energy alternatives
- Government incentives for alternative fuels
- Treat other countries as well as the oil companies treat the US
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade? Beyond?
- Conservation - reduce demand for fossil fuels
- Eco-driving - efficient transportation
- Cut fossil fuel usage by 50%
- Mix won't change much in next 10 years because we are so tied to fossil fuels
- Use landfill methane
- Embrace nuclear - don't fear it
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Encourage hybrid cars which will use less oil for fuel
- Use technology to expl\oit other fuels, e.g. ethanol, biodeisel, to displace oil
- Supplement supply with biofuels, mandate for commitment, help businesses do this to help their bottom line
- Look at tar sands and unconventionals
- Find ways to explore and produce with minimum environmental impact (advertise this in order to be able to access environmentally sensitive areas
- Spend more on exploration and production domestically
- This is a finite resource - we need to conserve it as best we can
- We should not increase supply, we need to help find ways to reduce demand by using oil more efficiently
- Find a way to make the barrel of oil go further
- Make products that can be recycled more effectively
- Use synthetics more
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Regulations governing oil recovery should be incentivized to help facilitate the process of recovery
- Support efficiency, conservation and alternative sources
- Look at making the consumer demand take a certain direction
- Solution to pollution is dilution
- People need to feel the pain of energy consumption
- Need to change short sightedness on return on investment for energy efficiencies
- The government should subsidize mass transit more
- Require a certain percentage of autos should be hybrid
- Try to level demand for energy
- Tax on consumption that is used for alternative energy research
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Convert waste to man-made natural gas, propane, etc.
- Work together to determine alternative sources of energy for various societal uses.
- Renewable fuels will have to play an important role
- Waste to fuel would be great
- Carbon sequestration using innovative technology
- Diverse mix of fuel efficiency, biofuels, and a steadily decreasing percentage of oil and fossil fuels
- Free market will need to prevail
- More nuclear energy
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Save every drop. You should be searching every small idea out side of Shell. Give some credence to the little guy. Take a look at filterglove.com every drop counts.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Excellent if we pull together.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Researching non-ethanol fuel sources.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Energy demand/consumption is not as big a problem as manufacturing.
- By growing more energy than we consume, growth can expand or past use can be countered.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- The U.S. Grows 9 million acres of corn for ethanol production, which only supplements fossil gasoline. Bio diesel from algae could use the same 9 million acres to completely power all the trucks, buses, trains, cars, and boats in the U.S. Ethanol is rated at 360-475 gallons per acre. Algae based bio diesel has experimentally yielded 15,000 gallons per acre.
- Algae can be grown on rooftops, deserts, or almost sunny spot.
- Corn uses up soil nutrients faster than the soil can regenerate. Algae do not destroy the soil. Corn uses more water from underground sources than rainwater can replenish. Algae (depending on the species) can be grown from sea or fresh water. Water can be filtered and reused.
- With waste heat sources, algae can be grown year round.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- When John Hofmeister, President of Shell Oil Company says" but wind will ultimately be a variable contributor, because the wind doesn't blow consistently all the time" he is WRONG! True, the wind doesn't blow consistently all the time, but when it does blow, excess energy can be converted to the perfect fuel - hydrogen. It can be stored until the wind dies down and then used to generate electricity and/or power vehicles. All gasoline engines in this country could be converted to burn hydrogen WITHOUT fuel cells. Fuel cells will be even better when they become cost effective but they are not necessarily the only way to burn hydrogen in cars,
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Every kilowatt of power produced by a wind turbine reduces the amount of oil that we have to buy from the Middle East. That is good for national security, and for our economy.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Build refineries by first lobbying the government to change current laws in order to allow the construction of new refineries.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Mandate retailers to offer a high percentage low watt fluorescent light bulbs (& lower the % of available incandescent bulbs). Make more aggressive tax incentives for those who purchase hybrid OR certain high mileage diesel cars (not trucks...the idea being to actually reduce the consumption of the scarce world oil reserves).
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- US energy policy appears to by historically reactive once a problem is on the door step. Answer to this question...a very dismal vision based on current energy policies and past performance of US regulators.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Spend more on Exploration and Production
- Conservation
- Reduce cycle time - do more small projects in the US
- More shale oil
- Build more refineries to increase capacity
- More access to government lands
- Get rid of Not In My Backyard syndrome on infrastructure and facilities
- Force more E10 ethanol to reduce oil required
- Tax consumption
- Educate officials
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Education
- More public policy, especially on transportation
- Conservation
- Encourage cost effective alternative fuels
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Roughly same mix as now
- More natural gas in mix
- More biodiesel, especially with animal fats
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Do more with less
- Rejuvenate old fields
- Bring more oil from overseas
- Do more exploration in US
- More oil shale
- Lobby for more access to government leases in Gulf of Mexico and Alaska
- Better PR and education for American consumer
- Use technology to reduce surface impact
- Partner more with smaller stripper companies
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Improve personal mindset - more education - understand we have a crisis
- More public policy - reduce urban sprawl - build more efficient buildings
- Tax incentives for mass transit
- Tax incentives for solar
- Government to devise long term energy strategy
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Less oil and gas
- More ethanol and biofuels - but not total solution
- More nuclear
- There will be little change in 10 years - still dependent on Oil and Gas
- Fuel cells
- More solar
- Geothermal
- More efficient buildings
- Need refining capacity
- More LNG
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Shell should NOT drilling on the coastline of the Arctic Refuge and violating environmental laws and w/o fully studying the impact!
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
There are other options be the leader and use your knowledge & power to protect our resources, environment and by extension people.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
That we find an alternative to gas to save the planet and the human race.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Look at new technology in solar and hydrogen developments
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
Wind and wave power solar and hydrogen and of course nuclear
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Forget all about using hydrocarbons forever while we still can, the big yellow/orange abject in the sky can feed us, keep us warm, drive us where ever we want, and generate all the electricity we can use, nothing is cleaner than electricity, the worse polluter is our natural gas, nothing is more deadlier.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Program to develop Shale oil deposits in the west.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
We should be developing all available resources on shore and off shore to achieve energy independence.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
All petroleum sources developed, coal to gas and liquid developed, nuclear, and research accelerated for replacement energy sources.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Somehow build Midwest refineries not just ethanol but crude oil facilities so they will be less interfered by natural disasters.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
People wont give up their SUV’s you cant do much, other companies have capped wells, uncap them and use other oil detection means like the Russians have.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
I'm not expecting cheap $.99 a gallon gas, but we're creating a new poor middle class. The top 40% richest can't sustain a country with their buying power. Good luck I’ll vote to relax EPA rules so you guys can do your jobs.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
What are you doing for coal liquefaction or gasification in the US?
I know you have a project with China.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
We should be making sure that everyone has oil around the world.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
What we should be doing is increasing the demand on energy.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
My vision is on energy portfolio is to help the energy and save it.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Urging congress to allow drilling in the continental shelf and it areas currently designated as off limits to exploration and drilling.
I would love for the shale oil deposits in the Rockies to be developed and exploited.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Nothing let the market work. That will regulate, manage and coordinate supply and demand!!!
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
We should be exploring in every area of the U.S. Oil companies should be held to high standards in regards to protection of the environment but they should not be kept from accessing the lands currently withheld from exploration.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
I do not know. Oil is getting more expensive to extract and will not be cost effective to search for new oil reserves in the coming future as these oil reserves are nearly impossible to extract and would cost more to extract than on what would be returned as revenue from the crude oil found there.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Trying to force an overall change to a nation is nearly impossible. We cannot simply throw a switch all of sudden and reduce energy needs. There are so many factors such as food, population, transportation, and industry.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
I know oil has a very high energy return compared to what it takes to extract it, but as Shell and other oil companies have stated, oil demand is going to outstrip supply eventually. So why not get into the hydrogen business for FUSION REACTORS. Yes that's right I said fusion reactors. I know it takes oil to do any kind of alternative energy (really it's oil derivatives), but fusion can provide many orders of magnitude of energy returned compared to energy used to make it happen. It's just hard to confine such a reaction, which is 100 Million degrees centigrade. Iter.org is trying to come up with a solution to this problem with fusion. I really think this should be researched aggressively for future prosperity energy needs!!
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Domestic oil supply has been in decline since 1971.
It is way past time for a major reduction in petroleum use by all Americans.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Steep fuel tax, balanced by reducing payroll tax.
Major increase in mandatory MPG ratings.
In short, be more like Europe!
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
Peak oil will effects will become apparent to the average American.
Adjustments easy and difficult will be forced upon us.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Why isn't Shell working to produce the South Texas Tar Sands? It is my understanding there is over 10 Billion barrels of oil in these sands. Shell is in Canada what is wrong with Texas? I travel through this area regularly and see next to nothing being done in this area. Conoco had visions of a refinery in this area by 1988 employing 2000 people. This press release was in one of the local papers as well as in one of the Houston papers. Why do we continue to send US dollars to countries that have no loyalties to the US?
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
I would tax imported oil excessively. Ration gas if need be to break our hold by foreign oil! Remove anyone from public office with ties to big oil and foreign holdings!!
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
Bleak!
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Finding new ways to refine the crude oil, locations similar to off shore drilling with refineries built into the rigs. Or perhaps a location where the newly obtained oil can be refined in international waters.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
In the coming years, the company making transactions easier and faster will get the business. The less time a person will spend pumping gas or stopping for a variety of items, the more time they have for life. This translates to more time to shop, more time to travel, and less time distracted by how long it takes to get that job done.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Open more areas 2 drill and build more REFINERYS!
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
SAD
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Shell should be placing the CAS # on their MSDS sheets so companies can comply with the mandate from Department of Homeland Security to check the list of chemicals of concern at their locations!! Or should we take our business to another company who already provides this information??
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
More Nuclear to concern the oil & gas we have on the planet
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Increase refining capacity? Reducing the number of EPA imposed formulations?
Use the most environmental friendly drilling approaches.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Have a real domestic energy policy with short-term and long-term aspects. We should be conserving but not shrinking our productivity and economy as a result of conservation. In other words, efficiency is more important.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
I think, in-the-beyond-the-decade we will need to be using nuclear power, superconductors in our power-grid, solar, tidal energy, natural gas, and hydrogen.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Educate the public about the true inpact of increased drilling offshore Fla., Cal. and in Alaska and the significance of the increased supply derived from this activity
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Manage (ration) energy? Why not limit consumption by regulating house size in the same manner that we regulate auto size i.e. we limit the amount of energy a house can consume regardless of size or number in the family and also impose max/min winter/summer temp. That way we could further cripple and handicap home construction in the same manner that we continually handicap our automotive industry relative to the foreign competition.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
Since we are taking the same approach to the current problem that we used to handle the 73 shortages, I would not expect the future to be drastically different. Of coarse, the price of eggs, bacon, milk and beef will be much higher as we inefficiently convert and distribute corn to fuel our then legislated mini vehicles. The alternative of increased drilling increased nuclear power or improved access to crude oil are not politically or environmentally acceptable.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
I continue to encounter shocking economic and technological ignorance regarding the oil industry on the part of private citizens and the media. Similarly with environmental regulations which, for little or no real gain in environmental improvement, suck up capital dollars which could be used for infrastructure/exploration. Hence, I see educational activity as the platform from which all other efforts must spring. The public and the media must continually be reminded that huge income and/or "profit" numbers must be viewed in light of return on investment for each segment of the business. Further, they need to be reminded that taxes are a major contributor to the cost they see for products, and that hence the industry has more incentive to keep prices down than does government (which "profits" handsomely from price increases and without taking any risk). If public and media understanding is thus increased, it might be possible politically to change the DOE mission to one of facilitating the exploitation of conventional and unconventional oil and gas resources rather than impeding the same (i.e., controlling and restricting). I recognize these are longer-term activities. Perhaps an effective shorter term objective might be to reduce the "friction" caused by close interface between refining and the public in "hostile" environments (e.g., Martinez and L.A. Basin) by moving refining activity to more remote areas (e.g., Reno, Nevada area and/or southern Nevada desert) --- thus recognizing the real possibility that such activities in urban areas may well be forced to shut down sometime in the future).
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
We certainly shouldn't be subsidizing farmers to grow corn (or anything else) for ethanol manufacture! The best control for demand/consumption is energy priced at its real cost. Aggressive mileage standards also help by providing an even playing field for transportation manufacturers. Finally, reducing federal government support for certain types of transportation (e.g., aviation --- for example, put the cost of the FAA into the ticket price) at the expense of others (e.g., rail) would improve the cost competitiveness of more efficient (on an energy per pound transported basis) modes of transportation.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
Continued heavy dependence on conventional and unconventional oil and gas, with increasing amount of tar sands and shale oil production coming on line. Perhaps an increase in the conversion of coal to liquid and gas fuels (if low environmental impact technology available and economic). Significant increase share for nuclear. Increased production of ethanol and of alternatives such as wind and solar --- but all with government subsidies which hide the true costs.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
The technologies we have today should all be supported by Shell to the extent they are economic and viable. That includes nuclear energy incl. support of fusion energy. These and hydro power appear to be the lowest cost sources of significance.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
As a nation we cannot force people nor "legislate technology"
We must encourage and educate. Our internal resources of whatever kind should be developed and used, but subsidies minimized. We must use sound basis for whatever we do. The future will require us to become truly world competitive and energy is a most important economic factor.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
One where we use in their proper place all sources. My pool in Florida used solar panels and worked very well. Economic growth needs a full 24/7 reliable energy supply. Solar, wind will not do this. Hydro/geo will.
Nuclear fission is safe and not expensive now. France has used it since WWII with no real problem. We need to continue to support the fusion experiment in France. But most of all, we need to get moving!!
Replace as much electrical energy with nuclear as possible and use fossil fuels for transportation/heating, etc. I've run the balance and it looks pretty good.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Exactly what it’s doing.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Possibly consider a tax on gasoline to advance the research and use of alternative fuels.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade and beyond?
Efficiency
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Sell ethanol
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Cut of the demand for foreign oil my selling ethanol
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Open Shell factories in the U.S where possible, only sell US mined oil to the US and have non-US factories sell to the other continents. Become the pioneer in the attempt to rid the US dependency on foreign made oil.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Enforce mandatory rooftop gardens. Make solar power panels mandatory on all new home constructions. Make wind/solar power also mandatory for corporate buildings and skyscrapers. Make a vehicle age limit like Singapore. Get the older more non-efficient vehicles off the streets. Enforce a US wide recycling program for all residences, and make all incinerators burning refuse an energy source. Make solar power cheaper. The list can go on and on.
Alternative fuel sources like ethanol, solar, wind, etc. Green and organic. The two will work together.
Efficiency
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Use our own oil and quit exporting it???
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
More extensive Oil Shale research
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
We need to remove our oil dependency from other countries and stop selling our North Slope oil outside of the US and Canada.
Alternative fuel sources like ethanol, solar, wind, etc. Green and organic. The two will work together.
The more diverse the better and with Oil Shale technology as possible as it is now will keep us off the tit of unstable countries and regions around the world.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
If Shell (and other companies) worked together as you do with the LOOP project in Louisiana, you could add 2 cents per gallon and provide cash rebates to people that buy the most fuel-efficient cars. This would help the market drive efficiency. The net affect could reduce fuel costs in fact resulting in getting that 2 cents back.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
I don't believe man is responsible for climate change, but what concerns me is energy as a resource. Eventually cheap energy (oil) will be gone and we will need a replacement that will have to come from domestic sources. We should invest in more renewables to the point in which its cheaper to heat your house with a ceramic heater rather than heating oil, because once the oil goes away, the energy will have to come from somewhere. We will need the infrastructure to deliver than energy, and currently the national grid doesn't have that much extra capacity.
Alternative fuel sources like ethanol, solar, wind, etc. Green and organic. The two will work together.
Most people talk about hydrogen, which has potential, but a gallon of gas has more hydrogen than a gallon of liquid H2. Someone needs to invent a manufactured gasoline that can be used as an energy storage medium. This will require massive amounts of electricity though, and that’s why we need to expand our electricity production now through coal, wind solar and wave energy.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Push conservation - manage demand
- Education - convince the inconvincible to conserve
- More access - responsibly access new areas using technology
- Have a proactive public policy
- Push Biofuels
- Access more offshore Virginia - beware of NIMBY
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Education - i.e. how recycling works, conservation - we all need to do, not just government
- Does price matter - not sure - need taxes to force more conservation
- Technology as a driver - efficient light bulbs or diesel cars
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- 10 years is too short to move away from mostly oil and gas
- Should be a reduction in amount of oil used - mix not so important
- More education about conservation - Shell should be teaching too
- Must shift to mix with smaller carbon footprint to mitigate climate change
- More carbon sequestration
- Tax to change behaviours - use less oil
- Reduce dependence on foreign sources of oil
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Access offshore drilling
- Increase refining capacity
- Improve relationship with other supply countries
- Decrease US demand for oil rather than increasing oil supply
- Decrease size of drilling footprint
- More and better education - find new ways to conserve oil
- Implement oil shales and oil sands
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Education on Energy - leads to better habits
- Incentives for efficient products
- Taxation to improve conservation
- Energy efficient car components
- Effective public policy - lead by example - provide education
- Standardize gasoline formulations - federal rules rather than state
- Change the way we commute - live closer to work
- Citizens must keep oil companies ethical
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- More nuclear - if safe
- More coal - but only clean coal
- More solar, especially homes and vehicles
- Mix must be self sustaining
- Encourage conservation by investing in green-only funds
- Invest more in alternatives
- Move renewables from 10% to 50% of mix
- Use incentives to make renewables more competitive
- Ten years is too short - mix will not change much
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Increase Access - but only if environmentally responsible
- Develop more oil shales and oil sands
- Push conservation so we use less
- Increase use of biofuels
- Continue to use more foreign oil as long as supply is secure - save domestic oil
- Raise the oil price via taxes to drive down amount used
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Increase taxes and put money into Research and Development
- Strengthen CAFÉ standards
- More education focused on energy inefficiencies and waste
- Use Technology
- Make market conspicuous NON-consumption - so conservation pays off
- Localize food production - don't ship so far - reduce transportation costs and save fuel
- Use local rail more
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- We will use more energy - the pie will get bigger
- Ten years is a short timeframe - mix will stay much the same
- Pessimistic outlook - the energy mix is a mess, but we cannot do much to change it
- Increase the amount of coal in the mix
- More Renewables - up to 25% of pie in 20-30 years
- Education is a key to changing the mix
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- More research and technical development
- Improve public policy
- More access, especially in Mexico
- Let the free market function as it should
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- More taxes on hydrocarbons - put revenues into alternative fuels where possible
- Create a long term energy strategy and policy
- Build structures compliant with LEED and STAR standards to be more efficient
- More education - make public aware of what Europe has accomplished in improving efficiencies
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Increase Wind and Solar - incentivize use, especially in home setting
- Be more efficient - use alternative fuels in order to preserve oil for plastics, etc.
- The consumer will need to understand their energy choices better
- More coal gasification
- More nuclear
- More LNG and clean fuels
- More cars running on Compressed Natural Gas
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- 2nd generation biofuels
- With Shell's experience I feel that they could be a low cost producer on marginal fields. Just need to keep them simple and not too exotic.
- To be a respectful delegate of the oil energy sector.
- Need to educate the public with energy awareness and openness. To be an environmental and heath steward. And with this it will help open up new fields currently off limits. Hopefully!
- STOP EXPORTING GAS & OIL. THOSE ARE OUR PRECIOUS RESERVERS & WE NEED TO HANG ON TO THEM. FORGET BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR. TELL EVERYONE OUTSIDE THE US TO DEAL WITH IRAN.
- REWORK SOME OF THOSE OLD FIELDS YOU GAVE UP YEARS AGO. CURRENT TECHNOLOGY SAYS WE CAN DO MORE IF WE WORK HARDER.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Conserve energy. The fact that that the US consumes 30 % more energy per $ GDP than EU or Japan says something. Conservation means better quality of life for less. It will take a shift in people’s minds and technology. Even simple thinking and application of existing approaches can already go a long way (e.g. turning on the power saving options on computers).
- Mass transit systems should be enhanced and promoted possibly with subsidies. Large companies could offer private bus services to employees that commute from common residential areas
- WORK WITH THE AUTO MFGS TO OBTAIN BETTER GAS MILEAGE PER GALLON W/O BUYING A HYBRID. MAKE DIESELS STOP IDELING WHEN NOT ON THE ROAD.
- STOP BUYING CORN FOR ETHANOL FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES. GROW IT HERE, WE NEED THE WORK.
- UNCAP ALL OF THOSE GAS WELLS IN WEST TEXAS. STOP CAPPING WELLS TO BEGIN WITH. DRILL IN CALIFORNIA THEY USE MORE, SO WE NEED TO DRILL THERE. USE WIND MORE. STOP LISTENING TO THE STOCK MARKET GUESS ABOUT OIL PRICES BASED ON WHAT MAY HAPPEN, NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Mixed bag of various energy sources, much greater fraction in local sources (solar electricity and water heating from roof tops, heat pumps, passive cooling).
- The public may finally acknowledge the fact that oil majors are not gouging and realize that we all need to make an effort.
- American citizens will recognize that oil and gas production can be environmentally friendly.
- The world markets will cooperate with each other and work on solutions.
- BAD, UNLESS WE CONSERVE OR A LOT BETTER IF THE PROCESS BECOMES EQUITABLE TO OBTAIN SHALE OIL FROM COLORADO, UTAH ETC. (STEAM THOSE ROCKS).
- IT WILL NOT CHANGE ALL THAT MUCH. THERE WILL BE MORE OF US SO USAGE WILL BE UP.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Extensive search of your website reveals not one mention of mass transit, bicycling, and restructuring cities to reduce built-in automobile dependency. Without such measures all supply-side and technology-based solutions will fail. Your solutions thus smack of simple self-interest.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Oil and other energy supplies will become more expensive, resulting in a naked battle between those who want energy for food (necessity) and those who want it for personal transportation (luxury). War is not unlikely. After all, we're fighting in Iraq so that Americans can drive to Wal-Mart, right? Thus my comment above.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Don't increase supply!
- Educate the public - show how Shell can produce safely and make facilities almost invisible
- If states are not willing to produce - cut their supply
- Techology - use it to find and produce more oil
- Take the long view and continue to invest in oil for the future
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Tax incentives to shift transportation to more mass
- Tax gasoline to reduce consumption
- Reduce energy use through good public policy - like regulations in California
- Improve energy efficiency of each house
- Improve CAFÉ standards
- Encourage flexible work schedules
- Develop a comprehensive US Energy Strategy
- Change "need to do" to "can do"
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Increase use of existing renewables - more partnerships with others, esp government
- More solar
- More hydrogen
- More nuclear - Shell should work on this
- More Hydroelectic and geothermal - we could have infrastructure in 10 years
- Future fuels - Shell should be pushing more
- Need a government solution for greenhouse gas management
- Communication and education - people need good valid information to be swayed
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Educate the public on access issues
- Use alternative energy to offset domestic oil
- More access - especially in Alaska and California
- Not the right question - we should be increasing use of alternatives instead
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Education - people need to understand the issues
- Better mass transit - currently forced to drive cars
- Push technology
- Use more nuclear power - if can do safely
- Develop solar power if economically feasible
- US citizens need to walk the talk - recycle more, carpool more, etc - to conserve energy
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Move faster on hydrogen fuel cell technology
- Biofuels - but know which is good and what is not so good
- Education on all energy issues
- Work closely with automakers to improve efficiency and use less oil for gasoline
- More oil shales - if technology is there to handle CO2
- More renewables
- China and India will have major growth and use much more of oil supply
- Appropriate public policy
- Use a gas tax as an incentive for increasing renewables
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- We are at Peak Oil supply right now
- We should import as long as possible, but be ready for the future by exploring now to locate supply
- Are we sure the other 85% of OCS has oil in it?
- Be an energy company -; not just an oil company
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Be a leader in dealing with the politicians
- Educating our children is crucial
- Better CAFÉ standards is important
- Shell leadership needs to guide consumer choices
- This question is really for the US consumer
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Shell should be taking a stronger leadership in alternatives
- Oil industry needs to maintain a strong presence in California
- Feds should not block state regulations and statndards
- Shell needs to have the "vision" and share with the public
- Invest more in solar energy -; it is under estimated
- Better communication -; let people know the challenges
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
Add refining capacity
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
Support research into energy alternatives or advocate higher CAFE Standards. Sure it's car manufactures territory, but energy cos. have enough involvement in energy policy if not more so than the car companies.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
I see that the market will bid up the price of a barrel of oil until their is a change in either consumption or supply. I hope that consumption will decrease, unlikely, or greater efficiencies can be found in the deliverable supply. I hope Shell and the rest of the hydrocarbon competitors realize that Americans and most of the world understands that capitalism is the only working model, but that the environment can wreak havoc on the market if care is not taken to mitigate a potential global economic and environmental catastrophe. People are shareholders. If you kill shareholders you kill the market place.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Nothing. Protect the environment. When the choice is securing our oil or conserving air, choose air.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Provide sticks and carrots to nudge industries and consumers toward healthier energy choices.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Switch to alternative, renewable sources of energy. Specifically, go to electric cars, and have filling stations that supply recharged batteries for when the electric battery runs down.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Obviously something other than what you are doing because you are costing us a fortune and we are not as dumb as you think we are--YOU'RE KILLING US!!!!
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- We have been doing fine; if you think that driving the prices up to an unmanageable level is how to conserve energy, then cut off the food supply to stop overweight Americans from becoming so obese.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- You continue to make record profits in the BILLIONS of dollars and think that we are stupid enough to accept your logic and rationale that it is for future research and development-Ponderous-IT'S PROFIT!!! STOP IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- I propose Shell take firm responsibility in leading this nation to a cleaner source of energy. What could be more important than converting power plants, big industry, and transportation use into a more friendly fuel? Domestically speaking, I feel like our country is more than capable of being self sufficient and I believe that in these critical fragile times, it is necessary to develop or begin using cleaner available technology.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Energy demand will always rise as the population increases. That being said, it is critical that the US begin to take action and put pressure on big business to convert their factories and plants into "Greener" ones. This being said, Shell has an opportunity here to provide that Green source. It is primarily up to you to bring this Green fuel to the forefront and make it available for consumer use.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- I don’t see much change. I hear a lot of talk because that’s what people are talking about but I personally think there is little interest to do anything about it at this point in time. If I had it my way, I envision factories converting to Biofuel, Automobiles powered by electricity and communities running on solar power.
- The only way change will happen is if companies like Shell make Green fuel available.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Promoting energy efficiency! Lobbying to expanding the transportation sector fuel efficiency standards to all forms of transportation. Providing grants for communities seeking to incorporate mass transit. If you decrease demand, your product will be available longer, especially for all of those other uses of petroleum products.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Raising fuel prices to encourage users to think about their consumption. Inexpensive products do not demand consumers to minimize their use!
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Smaller, site specific energy production will be necessary. In the southwest, solar panels on homes and businesses; on the plains, wind turbines; coasts can exploit tidal changes. Even with the 70 years your website sites as supply of petroleum, where will the world be if we don't find alternatives? Will these suddenly emerge in 60 years, ready to meet the challenges? Although coal-based electricity produces more emissions than oil and natural gas combustion, the technology to capture and minimize these emissions exists and is even practical at the power station; electric vehicles have the potential to move our primary fuel use from cars to the power plant where emission are better controlled.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- The short answer is "Nothing"! Added oil consumption will simply increase global warming and make this planet uninhabitable.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- We must move our economy toward a hydrogen/nuclear base as quickly as possible.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Shell and its competitors need to abandon oil in favor of massive investment in renewable resources. Ethanol and natural gas are not good choices. Hydrogen powered transportation and nuclear electric plants are what are required. Go to www.nationalvapor.com to see what's available as a first step.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Pump, pump, and pump that stuff out. NOW!!! And get the pump prices down. NOW!!!
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Just give us lower pump prices and we can handle things just fine.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Get the oil out of the ground in mass quantities and get the pump prices down. Waaaay down. NOW!!!
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Keep pushing for ANWR access. No matter what people say, it will be used as a source in the future. All of the people against this today will be pushing to drill ANWR when they can't fill their tanks someday. ANWR is a speck on the map of Alaska.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- We must continue research into more fuel-efficient vehicles and alternative fuel sources. Tax incentives should be given for those with high-mileage vehicles. Brazil can be used as a model, in that they produce large amounts of ethanol from sugarcane. Although we cannot afford to use our corn supply for ethanol production, we can use inedible crop materials for production. Crops grown for ethanol could also be grown indoors in greenhouses. Buy diesel vehicles. Diesel vehicles need a new face to present to the consumer. They are no longer dirty and smelly, but extremely fuel efficient. They also last forever.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Gain more access for drilling and production
- Better education on energy
- Develop unconventionals
- More biofuel development and sales
- Use efficient technology to recover more barrels
- More conservation to offset hydrocarbon use
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Better education on energy - young and old
- More conservation
- Shell needs to disseminate information, teach government employees
- Change the US behavior - more carpooling and cycling
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- No single solution, but want to use less fossil fuels
- More clean coal
- More nuclear technology
- More biofuels from algae
- Better education of public
- Better technology collaboration on alternatives
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Find economical ways to synthesize the required compounds.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Managing consumption is an unpopular process ~ However!! In my experience private employer companies do all they can to AVOID letting employees telecommute. As a nation, we need to identify Telecommuting as a progressive ideal, and directly address the problem of "Employer Sovereignty".
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- I see Chaos in the short-term as demand is re-tooled to fit the future (electric) energy supply
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Give the Ogoni land back to the people and negotiate for use of its oil. Shell would not face opposition if it dealt fairly with people whose land has been stolen.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- America should invest seriously in mass transit systems. Current investments are ridiculous because they can't achieve a capacity that really makes a difference.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Oil and coal will decrease significantly. The US will very slowly substitute energy systems away from oil.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Increase domestic (US) production and build more distillation refineries, despite the environmentalist resistance
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Encourage energy use reduction at ALL levels. Not through laws, but through advertising and community efforts.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Use wind where it is available, use geothermal where it is available, use solar where it makes economic sense, use nuclear for all new point-source energy production and use oil from whatever sources make economic sense.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Get more E85 ethanol pumps online.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Raise the price past $4.00 a gal so people are encouraged to get rid of their gas guzzling SUV's and buy more fuel efficient vehicles or hybrids.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Other than oil we need to look seriously at plug in hybrids, ethanol, and sometime out in the future hydrogen. Biodiesel may also be part of the means to get past the oil shortage till hydrogen comes on line.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Work with car makers and congress to establish higher standards in fuel efficient cars, and increase availability and aesthetic appeal in mass transportation (since we Americans are shallow in that sense). The less we use, the more we have for a longer period of time. Public education in the peak oil theory won't cause us to panic; it will cause us to demand more attention to it's solutions, quicker - sort of like the Y2K "scare." Sure, people were nervous, and many did some rash stockpiling, but it became such a big deal, that the nation paid attention, and many people came up with solutions - and the worse case scenario never happened.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- More people should be highly encouraged to do things, like install fluorescent bulbs. Grass root campaigns and groups do a decent job in their local sectors for this, but if it were a nationally, commercially sponsored program, think of the many hundreds of thousands who would be hearing it for the first time? Work with cities to build greener schools, (a HUGE amount of energy goes into just one school building) hospitals, and other city buildings. Fuel efficient cars should be made more appealing, not just 'responsible and ethical" - since many Americans leave that to the 'nerdy' sect. Much higher energy efficient standards should be put in place for all new construction, tax credits given for greener living, and solar products, such as hot water heaters should be marketed better.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- I am an incurable optimist, but this is one area that depresses me if I think about it too much. Until the public is better educated on the effects of life without oil, (because we can't produce it fast enough, or it becomes so pricey it is a luxury for the wealthy), there isn't going to be a large enough demand for alternative energy sources to make it a highly profitable venture. Since our society is based on making money, I truly believe that major advances won't be made until the public sees it as immediately financially beneficial. ADVERTISE the need MUCH more often. Tell people they NEED what you are doing in terms of alternative energy, (A simple series of frequently broadcast TV commercials and primetime specials would be all it takes) and you will undoubtedly have the financial support it takes to make advancements. Don't underestimate the American public. Although accustomed to a rather glutinous life globally speaking, we are intelligent, reasonable, and supportive generally speaking.
It floors me every year that I teach about resources in science (3rd grade) and the students say things like "why isn't someone fixing it?" when we learn about how much non-renewable resources we use in our day to day living. And it breaks my heart to look at them and say in my happiest, most encouraging way, "We are the "they." It won't change unless "we" make it happen." That is a necessary, but highly burdensome revelation to an 8-9 yr. old. They have the best ideas though! (Like green schools that operate on solar energy, and skylights for sun instead of all those overhead lighting fixtures, etc. If things continue as they are now, my vision is dark, but if you rally the troops, I see a snowballing demand for cleaner, greener, localized energy. I personally know many affluent people who would be more than happy to invest in alternative energy production if it were financially beneficial to them.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- It takes a crisis...people will not change their buying/spending habits by being swayed by "evidence" or intellectual discussions.
Petroleum wake-up calls:
- 1973-74 Yom Kippur war
- 1978-79 Iranian Revolution
- 1990 first Gulf War
- 2003-04 2nd Gulf War
What did we learn about petroleum and vulnerability?
Nothing - time frame was too short. Other crises to learn from:
- Water - Atlanta, Phoenix, Texas 1996-2006 and American Southwest in general.
- Food - diversion to biodiesel and ethanol:
- Mexico tortilla shortage
- Italy pasta shortage (2006-07)
- November 16, 2005 the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing on Peak Oil and the coming American energy crisis. Conclusions:
- Senators agreed that any major change will require a crisis, and that crisis is coming.
- It is not popular for a politician to speak of a future that is not better than the past or present.
- …and no one uses the "R" word (rationing)
- Understand your audience...the American public
History teaches:
- Short term crisis does not promote long term thinking about the problem
- American Public has a "They will fix it" mind set.
- Americans do not want to be inconvenienced, have to wait, or use the word "scarcity or shortage" in their vocabulary. Nor do they want anyone to put it there.
- Don't make the global warming mistake
- Define and enhance the concept of "Peak Oil" BP appears to be the only major company to do this - and even so, the transformation is subtle..."Beyond Petroleum."
- Don't let this concept become a polarizing element of either political party as has happened with the issue of global climate change. Kiss of death.
- Educate the public about their role of energy in their lives
- Where does it come from and who controls it.
- Emphasize the role of corporations and government.
- Focus on a narrow side of energy production and distribution, especially the concept of competition (clueless) - there are 3 billion new petroleum competitors on the planet (China and India.)
- Misconception of too much profit?
Educate via comparisons:
- Petroleum is about 3%
- Jewelry 300%
- Pharmaceuticals 30%
- Banks 18%
- Computers 15%
- Household products 12%
- Bottled water 1800%
- Develop a perspective for the future.
- Do we owe anything to our children or do we gobble it up and let them fight over the scraps?
- Where is the petroleum in our lives?
- President "we are addicted" - not the right image, negative connotations.
- Better: Petroleum is like the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone - we have loved them to death.
- Engage at all levels.
- Someone has to be convincing with the answer to answer the question: "Why can't we just keep on keeping on?"
- The American public has to understand their "Once upon a time…" lifestyle can't continue, can't be sustained.
- The petroleum outcome is certain - only the tactics are debatable (I don't think there is the luxury of time for strategy.)
- Approach to solution needs to include:
- Generate good science to support model of peak oil
- Economically feasible to execute or have economic benefits
- Political will power to execute plan
- Delivered to public in a reasoned non-political methodology
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- More exploration using advanced technology. Drill wells wherever there is a potential to produce oil.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Nothing, my life is fine the way it is. I am happy with my energy choices. Make China and India stop using our oil.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- I don't want to change from oil and natural gas. I like things the way they are. I can afford the price of gasoline.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Biomass to liquids, CTL or any waste stream to liquids seems like a good Idea, oil from algae seems to show promise. Diversifying your energy portfolio is a sure way to keep ahead.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Conservation would seem the obvious but we are power hungry. So it won’t happen. Efficiency of products that are cost effective is the only way. Otherwise extreme pricing of energy.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Fact is there is no one solution. The portfolio will be varied and will be very diverse.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- You should absolutely NOT be drilling anywhere the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In fact, I am so disgusted by your plans to drill in and around the Refuge, that if you decide to do so, I will never ever again buy your products. We have absolutely no ability to drill safely in this area. The technology is not available and never will in our time be to keep the area as pristine as it is now.
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Demand that cars have significantly improved mileage, that there are more hybrids and that they be non-polluting
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- No internal combustion engines, 100% non polluting technology
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Build more refineries!!!!!!!! Drill offshore and in Alaska.
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Shell has the resources to convert its current gas stations to hydrogen stations. Sure it would take a huge chunk of the profits and funds allocated to increasing oil efficiency, but lets get real; Efficiency isn't what we need right now, we need more for less, quantity over quality. Hydrogen technology may not be able to take you as far as gas right now, but that will change. Besides, water is free!!!!!! By the way Gallium Arsenide is much more efficient than typical crap Silicon photocells. Once again you have the money. America entrusts you with the funds, and has been very good to you making you filthy stinking rich. People appreciate when you give it back.
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Increased access to offshore and federal lands - at least find out what’s there
- Engage with government and citizens so they know what Shell can do
- Have a good relationship with Canada
- Develop coal to liquids process
- Develop unconventional resources
- Drill in Alaska
- More education on energy issues
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Improved education on energy for children and adults
- Increased conservation
- Incentives for conservation and use of alternatives
- Unfortunately, we need a crisis to get our attention...
- More high speed rail for transportation
- More LEED buildings
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Need to decrease oil and coal use
- More renewable and alternative energy sources
- More nuclear - if can do it safely
- More coal - but only if it is clean coal
- More biofuels
- More solar energy - but not realistic in next 10 years
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- More access and domestic production – Offshore, Alaska
- Beware of terrorists at our facilities
- Conserve, conserve, conserve – make what we have go further
- Increase fuel efficiency of automobiles
- Be more aggressive in communicating energy issues
- NOTHING – use less oil, use Biodiesel, and do not access more OCS or Alaska
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Better and more public transportation
- More efficient cities
- More access to known resources
- Create a public campaign to stop NIMBYism
- More education – students, public
- Better public policy – big changes may require pain like higher taxes
- Improve technology
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Better and more public transportation
- More efficient cities
- More access to known resources
- Create a public campaign to stop NIMBYism
- More education – students, public
- Better public policy – big changes may require pain like higher taxes
- Improve technology
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Why increase oil at all - use what we have more intelligently
- More natural gas
- Increase access, esp East and West coasts - offshore drilling in FL and AK
- Increase oil field yields via technology
- Increase people moving into oil technology for careers
- Better education - US as well as the world
- Conserve more - do not need more oil - ex - lighting, housing
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Educate people better on energy issues
- Conserve - exercise the right to use less oil
- Improve transportation - light rail, the way communities created,
- Improve efficiency of homes
- Develop a comprehensive energy policy for the US - stick to it
- Need better public policy to set education standards - takes citizens and corporations to force government to do it
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Change our behaviour - conserve energy better
- More clean coal
- More nuclear - France supplies much larger portion of electrical needs than US does
- More renewables - like biodiesel
- More natural gas
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Wrong question - Shell should not increase domestic oil supply...
- More access to OCS and federal lands currently off limits
- Reduce current consumption
- Create more refining capacity
- Realize that Shell is an Energy company - embrace this
- Develop solar / wind to displace oil
- Lobby more effectively for more offshore drilling - esp FL, CA, NY
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Better Conservation - 4% of world's people use 25% of world's energy
- More and better education of US public
- Consistent government policy towards energy
- Change the US behaviour - we must conserve more
What is your vision of the US energy portfolio in the coming decade?
- Oil will not go away soon - will be significant part of energy mix for a long time
- Want alternatives to play a big role sooner
- Shell needs to be an Energy company - not an oil company
- More nuclear
- Must change behaviour and consumption patterns
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- We should not increase oil supply – do more renewables instead
- Educate public on how to better use oil supply
- Strong public endorsement of increasing fuel efficiency standards
- More drilling in Alaska – if the right technology is available
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Increase CAFÉ standards and improve fuel efficiency of fleet
- Have penalties for cars with poor fuel efficiency
- Tell people the cost for driving from point A to point B
- More diesel and biodiesel fuels
- Increase amount of renewables being used
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Current mix is not right – too dependent on hydrocarbons
- Increase the amount of renewables (ethanol and biofuels)
- Increase conservation to use less oil and gas
- More nuclear in the mix
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Shell should focus on increasing ENERGY – not just oil
- Use technology to unlock more oil
- Use oil more efficiently / recycle - so there will be more to go around
- More access in the US – lobby appropriate stakeholders for access
- More Education on energy – to change public misconceptions
- Raise the price of oil to drive down demand
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Push /mandate conservation
- Educate the populace on the importance of energy to economic well being
- Diversify our energy supply by using more alternatives, renewables like biodiesel
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Current mix does not work – will not be sustainable
- More renewable energy
- More nuclear
- Tax hydrocarbons and use proceeds for renewables
- Shell needs to get out front in changing the energy mix
- No way to see a meaningful change in the portfolio in only 10 years
- Declare a crisis to get country behind the effort to change
What should Shell be doing to increase domestic oil supply?
- Do more with oil shales and oil sands
- Use renewables to supplant need for oil
- Need more of all of the potential energy sources
- Additional exploration is not favored by citizens as much as by state legislature
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Increase energy efficient – we need to go on an energy diet and increase exercise
- Shell needs to take a leading role, especially with the automotive industry
- Tax gasoline – tax large inefficient vehicles
- Change the way we build cities – use more mass transit
- Build energy efficient homes
What should we be doing as nation to manage energy demand/ consumption?
- Use more alternative sources of energy
- More nuclear
- Develop and use fuel alternatives such as diesel and hydrogen
- Provide incentives to meet goals of clean air, less carbon
- Oil shales are not the complete answer
- Keep diversity of sources
- Change name from Shell Oil to Shell Energy
