Obama pledged to support biofuels but now he appears to be backtracking – that is worrying to those of us who work in the industry
There is no question that the world faces a tremendous challenge in confronting the threat of climate change. I am confident that the world’s innovators can create the energy technologies necessary to reduce emissions and meet the climate challenge. It is more difficult, though, to have faith in our political leaders to make and keep the policy commitments intended to drive innovation.
As CEO of one of the global leaders in the development of low carbon transportation fuels and solar energy, I think our ability to address the problem will come down to two things: whether we can develop and deploy the technologies necessary to change the way we make and use energy, and whether a diverse set of governments can make and keep public policy commitments.
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