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Originally Posted by Locke
We see 'Big Bad Oil Companies' as raping the land and selling toxic tar-like sludge. But in truth they are 'Energy Companies.'
They're in the business of selling energy. Who do we think is going to be the Vanguard into better and cleaner energy?
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I think this is pretty naive. They are fossil fuel companies, and most of them have zero organizational expertise or experience in power generation. Even if they did, it's a very common pattern that innovation is driven by the new comers.
The most successful car companies were largely not born of the most successful horse carriage companies.
The most successful oil and gas companies were not born of the most successful coal companies.
The most successful TV streaming companies are not born of the most successful cable networks.
The bigger an organization, the more difficult it is to change course. It is far, far easier for an upstart solar/wind/fusion company to get off the ground than for an existing behemoth to change course. Fostering an environment that is conducive to those companies setting up shop is critical.
When we look at existing industries, there are lots out there that speculate nuclear power has a large role to play in our future. Canada used to be really, really good at that. I'd love to see something where the Provincial government woos some existing industries over with employee training grants where there are logical pathways to get the unemployed skillsets we have an abundance of here now contributing in a new industry.