Why should the oil companies do anything different?
The exploration, extraction, refining and use of oil (and oil
by-products), is killing the planet, due to pollution. Though this
is not the true reason why oil companies are searching for
alternative fuels. The real reason is that the worlds oil reserves
are shrinking and whoever controls the oil, controls world energy
resources. A country could basically be held to ransom by
controlling the supply of oil to that country. Therefore, oil
companies need alternative fuels for the future, so that there will
be a future.