Reply #3: I do listen to him..

[umass1993]

he is an important person. It seems he wants the US to begin to chnage its attitudes towards energy... without alarming anybody.

He seems fairly smart. He isn't neccessarily evil. Exxon can afford to be nice. No matter what, they are going to make money.

He did say that an oil shortage would be disastrous. Is this what concerns him? If there is an out and out shortage, then very angry people may turn to Exxon for answers. Maybe he is genuinely worried. Maybe he knows that production will struggle to keep up with demand unless changes are made. He can't say it that way. So instead he says we should be "more efficient" and open up ANWR.

given current geopolitical conditions, wouldn't you be worried too?

I found it interesting that although, Iran, Iraq, China, Russia and the US were mentioned in the conversation, nobody mentioned the possibility of WWIII.