Shell Oil Has an Indefensible Position, But At Least (I Believe) It’s Trying

by craigshieldsPosted on January 31, 2015 Posted in Fossil Fuels

If I were forced to choose an oil company that I resent less than its peers, it would probably be Royal Dutch Shell.  I’ll admit that my reasoning is flimsy, but here goes:

1) A few years ago, a very large Shell shareholder from South Carolina called me from out of the blue and said, “You don’t know me, but I just had an interesting experience that I thought would interest you.  Your name, Craig Shields, and your company, 2GreenEnergy came up prominently today on a conference call with the executive team at Shell and its top shareholders.” Unfortunately, he couldn’t remember the context or even the substance of the discussion.  I recall thinking: This can’t be good.  I don’t recall ever picking on Shell specifically, but I certainly don’t write particularly flattering things about the oil companies generally. Yet somehow I left that phone call with sanguine thoughts: d’ya know, it’s vaguely possible that they were praising one of my books, a talk I gave, a blog post, or something along these lines. One never knows. (more…)