What’s the Answer?

The truth is that we’re not running out of energy — we’re running out of cheap energy. And our future energy supply depends on how good we are at using technology to drive efficiency.

That’s why at Altira, we’ve always taken the approach of investing in transformative technology that spans the entire energy value chain — and we started investing long before the rise in cost of traditional energy sources.

More importantly, our broad-spectrum approach to investment foreshadowed what many in the energy industry know to be true today — that meeting our increasing energy needs is not an either-or scenario.

Instead, the answer is in understanding and leveraging all energy sources — from traditional natural resources to clean energy — and driving efficiencies throughout the energy value chain. Opportunities exist everywhere, but technology is the key to unlocking them, because it will enable:

• Better utilization of our nonrenewable resources
• Accelerated use of our renewable resources
• A more streamlined, flexible energy delivery system

As a result, our investment portfolios are characterized by the kind of much needed, real-world balance that will enable the energy sector to answer the global energy demand challenge by working proactively to:

• Optimize energy derived from traditional sources, such as oil and gas, which are widely expected to dominate the energy landscape for the next two decades
• Develop the new energy sources we’ll need when traditional sources are no longer economically and environmentally viable

Beyond Conservation

Even if every new vehicle sale in the U.S. were a hybrid, it would take a decade before the growth rate of national gasoline consumption would reverse.