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The image thing

06/21/2010
It is not my purpose to discuss the most recent environmental disaster and the tragic loss of life experienced by the energy industry, but rather to comment on the longstanding issue of "the image thing" that has burdened the energy industry since 1859 with the Drake well in Titusville—and really since man discovered fire. This current event only heightens focus on the energy industry and adds to the image problem.Much of this problem is the industry's own fault as it has ignored or abdicated any real responsibility or concerted sustainable effort to inform and educate the public of the role energy plays in our economic well-being and in our environmental quality of life. ...
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