By Ayesha Daya – Jan 17, 2011 4:17 PM GMT+0000
Royal Dutch Shell Plcs chief said the implementation of climate change agreements made at Cancun last month wont happen overnight, and policymakers must take action now because the clock is ticking.
In the short term, we should focus on areas where we can get the cheapest and quickest carbon dioxide reductions, Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser said at a renewable energy conference in Abu Dhabi today. It will take a while for international standards to be implemented, but we are of the opinion that we have to move now.
Voser offered four ways for policymakers to begin reducing CO2 emissions: energy efficiency, increased use of natural gas, carbon capture and storage projects, and biofuels.
Energy efficiency, such as fuel-efficient vehicles and insulation of buildings, will need government mandates and regulation, he said.
Increased use of natural gas, which would cut emissions by 60-70 percent if it was used in place of coal, will also require government policy to support the switch in fuel type. China has already pledged to obtain 8 percent of its energy consumption from gas by 2020, compared with 4 percent now, he said.
Theres a revolution in the U.S. now, and also in China with unconventional gas, Voser said. So there is ample gas available, and it is cheaper than nuclear power, so it is clearly something in which we can invest.
Carbon capture and storage projects are yet to be deployed in a big way, and pilot projects require government funding to drive the technology.
Biofuels offer the only fast transport fuel option and can be developed in a sustainable way if the correct standards are set, Voser said.
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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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