Shell’s U.S. chief sees need for ‘full basket’ of sources

[Interview] – I can bring the whole challenge down to five words: More energy, less carbon dioxide.

The big challenge associated with the need for more energy is access. Advancement and development of alternative energies is clearly a challenge for us. We need to ensure that we have the right supply makeup of people with the technical skills and other skills required for this industry. Those are a few of the top concerns.

[…]More conventional oil and gas access is not going to solve the entire problem. The energy demand in the world is growing so rapidly. We look at the energy demand of the globe and say by 2050, it will be twice what it is today. We need not only the oil and gas that we can gain access to, but we’ll also need the alternative energies in terms of wind, solar, hydrogen, nuclear power potentially, you name it. It’s going to take this full basket of energy sources to supply the world’s needs.

Houston Chronicle