Comments on: Lifting of refining curse allows Big Oil to shine http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2010/04/30/lifting-of-refining-curse-allows-big-oil-to-shine/ Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:49:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Benny_Acosta http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2010/04/30/lifting-of-refining-curse-allows-big-oil-to-shine/comment-page-1/#comment-2376 Benny_Acosta Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:14:16 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/?p=2977#comment-2376 The only thing shinny about big oil right now is that slick in the Gulf.Putting more effort and incentives into R&D for green technologies needs to happen more aggressively. Solar and wind don't pose the threat of pollution that oil extraction/transport does. That slick is going to give big oil yet another black eye in the minds of the citizenry. No doubt the cost of cleaning it up will be passed on to the consumer. The only thing shinny about big oil right now is that slick in the Gulf.Putting more effort and incentives into R&D for green technologies needs to happen more aggressively. Solar and wind don’t pose the threat of pollution that oil extraction/transport does.

That slick is going to give big oil yet another black eye in the minds of the citizenry. No doubt the cost of cleaning it up will be passed on to the consumer.

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