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Investors focus on profits. Why would oil companies, upstream, mid-stream or downstream, explore for, refine, and deliver increased volumes of petroleum products when those buying their products (ultimately consumers) will pay much higher prices, which creates windfall profits for petroleum companies? These windfall profits are closely related to another consequence of limited supply in a market of increased demand, namely inflation of the cost of energy. For consumers worldwide this creates inflation of the cost of nearly everything as transportation costs impact costs of all goods. Consumers quality of life decreases as inflation increases. Those with limited incomes (the “poor”) suffer the greatest. Now consider the “ESG” pressure. 50 years ago, “smokestack industries” moved production from the United States to lesser developed countries in Asia and other places around the globe. This was done to avoid environmental regulations and high labor costs as a means to increase profits by lowering costs of production. Europe adopted similar economic trends. Consumers realized “perceived” increases in their quality of life. Two of the world’s largest economies realized economic increases as they readily embraced the smokestack industries. China and Russia. Two countries with leadership that have little to no concern of ESG. American and European ESG metrics improved greatly, while negative ESG metrics in China and Russia increased dramatically, and continue to be unfavorable. Turns out that pollution and environmental considerations (the “E” in ESG) have global impacts. So do the “S” and “G” of ESG as many first-world, more civilized nations have dealt with monumental increases of refugees from nations with oppressive leaders. It may be time to bring smokestack industries like steel and energy back to the first world where environmental regulations and oversight serve to respect the “E” of ESG metrics. And if government leaders in the United States can implement policies to recover from the rampant violent crime spikes, primarily in urban areas, we may be able to better respect the “S” and “G” of ESG. Of course breakneck, spiraling inflation has significant impacts on civility. We live in a complex age. The opportunities to create and develop better products, services, and systems have never been greater. Who will answer?