BP has never been a player
Total has ignored the market, as have the Americans.
The Europeans seem to be looking more seriously at solar, and some at second generation biofuels, but altogether the effort seems puny. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
At least Total is going into nuclear energy. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
I think Jerome had it right above with the "Areva sells carbon-free energy". That's what all these companies have in common Also, they are used to high capital investments and low running costs, as opposed to the low(er) capital investment and high(er, from fuel) running costs of the other companies. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
this is like whoring out family members, or selling children into slavery while sitting on a goldmine in your backyard.
going for darwin award... The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb.