Individual actions such as driving less or buying less are good and necessary, but they are not sufficient.
The real change we need to make is SYSTEM CHANGE.
The head of the world's largest energy company on Monday urged the world to accept the "hard realities" that oil and natural gas will be around for a long time to come, and consumption of both sources of energy is likely to grow for at least the next decade or two.
In a speech at a Houston energy conference, Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser described the ambitious timetables of environmental groups as failing because the world continues to consume record amounts of fossil fuels every year.
"We should abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas and instead invest in them adequately reflecting realistic demand assumptions," he said.
Oil consumption will reach a new record of 104 million barrels per day this year, Nasser said, and could keep growing through 2045.
