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Today we're discussing the future of oil and personal mobility.

Petroleum prices have plunged to the lowest levels in years, and Americans are buying more

trucks and SUVs.

What does cheap oil mean for the economy and efforts to combat

climate disruption? Over the next hour, we'll look at how California's power their cars, what the

state is doing to make them cleaner, and how oil companies are responding to the push to cut carbon

pollution. Joining our live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, we're pleased to have with us two oil industry veterans and California's top carbon cop.

Lou Allstad is former executive vice president of mobile oil. He lives in New York and is now a member of the Citizens Climate Lobby and advocacy group.

Angus Gillespie is vice president for CO2 at Shell Oil Company. He's an economist based

at the Energy Giants' headquarters in the Hague. And Mary Nichols is chair of the California Air

Resources Board, which was responsible for much of the state's efforts to move away from fossil fuels.

2013, she was named in Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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