Mike Wirth, an industry veteran, even described Chevron as “grounded in integrity and a deep belief in doing the right thing” before brushing off Big Oil critics and making a “real-world” case for fossil fuels.
Says exec of company that has objectively caused more environmental harm to the world than any others
It’s also a component in some industrial products, primarily lubricants and solvents - the latter of which was kinda funny to me because you commonly use solvents to clean off oil
It’s also a component in some industrial products, primarily lubricants and solvents - the latter of which was kinda funny to me because you commonly use solvents to clean off oil
Oh I guess road asphalt is a contributer too. I wonder if those uses eventually contribute to ghgs though degradation over time.
I didn’t know about asphalt, so thanks for that.
Also curious about potential ghg there.
Asphalt does off-gas compounds, though not sure how many of those compounds are GHGs:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abb9785