tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800828841873738105.post5657353766449839416..comments2023-07-02T06:58:33.737-05:00Comments on WebberEnergyBlog: Should Have Bought a SubaruMichael E. Webber, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12416546342365493633noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800828841873738105.post-24787258889400498092008-04-19T01:18:00.000-05:002008-04-19T01:18:00.000-05:00I agree that it was interesting for Subaru to begi...I agree that it was interesting for Subaru to begin advertising this move they made 4 years ago. <BR/><BR/>Another company that has done something similar is Shell, with natural gas to liquid (GTL) fuel use in European cities, notably Athens. If you visit the site www.shell.com/us/realenergy, you can watch a short movie on the history of their GTL operations (I'm guessing they took some creative liberties with the story). Shell started studying the use of Natural gas as a liquid fuel in 1983, opened the first GTL plant about 10 years after. Granted, they have encountered some problems and are moving forward with GTL.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how publicized this operation was, but I hadn't heard of any such operation by Shell till this year. <BR/><BR/>It's true that companies are now touting everything green that they do to impress customers, and I don't think that this is necessarily a bad thing. A business will always be in business to make money, and if consumers are looking for all things greener, then businesses are forced to provide this. <BR/><BR/>So it's really up to everyone as a consumer to pay more attention to everything that we can do/purchase that is more energy efficient, in order to get businesses to cater to us and let us know it every step of the way.mnoibihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11542943305816731147noreply@blogger.com