- The Guardian,
- Wednesday October 15 2008
Phil Bloomer of Oxfam comments on Shell’s global emissions and the emissions from our oil sands projects in Canada (Letters, October 10). Unfortunately, he has not compared figures in a like-for-like manner. As he points out, Shell is one of the few companies that reports broadly on emissions, including the emissions from the use of our products. But the emissions that we are directly responsible for, ie from the operations at all our refineries, oil and gas production platforms and oil sands mines around the world (in 140 countries) were 92m tonnes in 2007, which is equivalent to about one-sixth of UK emissions. Our oil sands investments contributed direct emissions of 2m tonnes in 2007, together with a further 1.6m tonnes in electricity-use-related emissions.
Emissions including the use of our products is expressed in a so-called wells-to-wheels calculation. In Shell’s case in 2006, that is 847m tonnes globally. And since Mr Bloomer uses that figure to compare with the UK’s emissions, he should, in fairness, also have used it in the comparison of emissions from the end use of oil-sands fuels with emissions from the end use of fuels from conventional oil. On that basis, emissions from oil sands are about 15% higher than from conventional oil.
David Hone
Shell Group climate change adviser
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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
