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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on March 28, 2008, 04:22:42 am

Title: BP getting out of renewables
Post by: Kosh on March 28, 2008, 04:22:42 am

Granted this is a month old, but probably still worthy of discussion.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/feb/21/bp.oil


If there is a definition of corperate shortsightedness/myopia, this is it, never mind that  oil had no future (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil)

Title: Re: BP getting out of renewables
Post by: Mefustae on March 28, 2008, 04:38:30 am

Sure, it's bad news for the planet and the future of humanity, but... considering i'm going to be a graduating geologist in about 8 months, this works for me. :yes:

Title: Re: BP getting out of renewables
Post by: Nuke on March 28, 2008, 06:37:27 am

well when the oil runs out and they have invested zilch into alternatives i will have no problem laughing my ass of when their company crashes down  around them. so instead of developing them now while time is on or side they will wait till the last minute and employ a fix that will cost an order of magnitude more than a slow progression and adaptation of a new business model would. someone else will most likely come up with another short term solution that will last an x amount of years and then fail at which point the whole process will repeat ad continuum until the human race is dead! yay!