In my previous post, I broke down some of the financial facts of big oil - specifically their market capitalization, revenues, and of importance - their profits. This second part will take a much closer look at what these companies are doing to invest in the alternative energy technologies of tomorrow.
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Some of you may have noticed to softer, gentler, renew-ier side of big oil. Just a quick look at a few TV ads and you’d think that petroleum companies are neck deep in the race for renewable energy investment opportunities. So just how much are these companies really investing in the future energy options for [...]
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Caught an article on Forbes.com about hydrogen - one of the potential dream fuels for the next century. Even some of the most adamant pessimists on energy admit that in terms of physics, hydrogen does seem poised to provide us a good deal of energy without the greenhouse gas emissions (from consumption of hydrogen at [...]
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