[sustran] Re: "In my view you have no place asking a question like this since Shell "

[Lee Schipper]

My Ph D is in astrophysics, my BA in Music my work in energy and
transport economics.
So would you believe me?

Lee Schipper
Director of Research,
EMBARQ the WRI Center for  Sustainable Transport
www.embarq.wri.org
and
Visiting Scholar,
Univ of Calif Transport Center
Berkeley CA
www.uctc.net
skype: mrmeter
510 642 6889
202 262 7476


-----Original Message-----
From: Zvi Leve [mailto:zvi at inro.ca] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:27 PM
To: Lee Schipper
Cc: sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org
Subject: Re: [sustran] Re: "In my view you have no place asking a
question like this since Shell "

Lee, you are an economist, correct? Perhaps you can  "enlighten" me a 
bit on the economics of non-renewable resources. Why should we be 
falling all over ourselves to "exploit these resources" as quickly as 
possible? I would think that leaving them in the ground and thereby 
letting the value increase as it becomes more and more scarce could also

be a 'profitable' business alternative. Am I missing something?

One of my friends often reminds me that oil is a crucial input to almost

everything in modern society. Burning it to propel our vehicles is a 
rather wasteful use of such an important resource!

Zvi

Lee Schipper wrote:
> At the main event, Niel Golightly, VP of Shell for Sustainability,
stood
> up before the group, and said "buy less of our product".
>
>