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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 21 December | 131 comments (130 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)

Jeroen van der Veer, the recently retired CEO of Shell, was the odd pick for vice chair.

What is odd is failing to launder the petroleum industry influence through a "think tank".

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Dec 20th, 2009 at 11:04:42 PM EST
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Oil is geopolitics, so I don't see the problem.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Dec 21st, 2009 at 12:34:37 AM EST
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Fran:

Jeroen van der Veer knew as much about Nato as the average newspaper reader, he admits.

Apparently the CEO of Shell didn't know what you know. How do they hire these people?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Dec 21st, 2009 at 07:53:16 AM EST
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He might not know much about NATO, but he does about oil.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 at 04:44:12 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 21 December | 131 comments (130 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)

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