It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.
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If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them.
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It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground.
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There's no question that tar sands in Canada are probably the largest source of oil available to the U.S. over a long period of time. There's as much oil in the tar sands probably as there is in Saudi Arabia. The problem is, there's a huge capital requirement to develop that.
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If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.
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I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
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