Chevron offers energy video game

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

By DAVID R. BAKER
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Video games often encourage their players to find magic swords, steal cars, decapitate mutants or just blow stuff up.

They rarely tell you that you need to use more petroleum.

But then, most games weren't developed by energy analysts and an oil company. Energyville is the exception.

Created by Chevron Corp. and the company that publishes the Economist magazine, the new online game is an attempt to illustrate the complexities of energy supply, now and in the future.

... There are also catches. Try using nothing but renewable energy, and an alert in stern capital letters will warn you that your city "needs petroleum." You'll get the same result if you rely solely on coal.

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