Updated: 8/6/2007 2:53:44 PM
By: Ryan Peterson
ALBANY, N.Y. — Shell Oil Company President Jeff Hofmeister said, “One thing I’ve learned is how unpopular the oil industry is, and we’re very sorry about that.”
Just as the latest AAA survey shows that the national average for a gallon of regular gas has dropped 9 cents in the past month, the president of Shell Oil Company is talking about all things energy in Albany.
Hofmeister said, “People are very nervous about running out of energy. The whole supply/demand issue can be dealt with if we move public policy towards the area of more production of oil and gas.”
The stop is part of a 50-city tour to speak with and listen to business and community leaders about the energy industry. Hofmeister said there is a “razor’s edge divide” between the supply and demand and that’s why prices keep going up.
Wendy Thompson of Loudonville said, “It’s on my way to work. It’s quick, it’s easy, but wow…$3.05 for regular.”
Jason Rogers of Albany said, “You don’t really have time to drive around. You try to find the best bad apple out of the bunch, I guess.”
Royal Dutch Shell, the parent company to Shell Oil in the U.S., had revenues of over $300 billion last year, making it the second-largest corporation by revenue in the world, just behind ExxonMobil.
Hofmeister said, “This is not about oil companies being greedy and just trying to make as much money as they can. This is about how do we deliver, over the short, medium and long-term, reliable energy supplies to the American people.”
Shell is also one of the world’s leading investors in wind power. Hofmeister said it’s a viable and profitable alternative, but because it’s so variable and inconsistent, he said it will never fully replace other types of energy.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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