Shell is shameless

Oil company Shell has announced that it will stop investing in wind energy because the sector is not profitable enough. What has become of the environmental awareness of this company which only a few years ago stressed the need for a change to green energy sources? asks columnist Pieter Hilhorst in the daily De Volkskrant: "A reluctant hanger-on is annoying but at least one can demand an explanation from a hypocrite who fails to keep his promises. Therefore I prefer the hanger-on to a shameless person who doesn't even try to make concessions. Shell has gone from being a reluctant hanger-on to being a shameless company that no longer cares about preserving a green image and makes its investment decisions solely on the basis of calculated profit. Making a moral appeal to it to keep its promises of yesteryear is therefore pointless. A company like this forces one to resort to traditional methods: Don't fill your tank at Shell petrol stations."

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