Play, compare, challenge: power a city and join the debate with online
energy game
SAN RAMON, Calif., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chevron
Corporation (NYSE: CVX), in conjunction with The Economist Group, today
launched Energyville, an interactive online game that challenges players to
meet the energy needs of their own city.
Energyville, developed using data and content provided by the Economist
Intelligence Unit, The Economist Group's research arm, examines the
economic, environmental and security trade-offs and opportunities
associated with different energy sources. To power Energyville's homes,
offices, factories and vehicles, players must balance the same competing
demands faced by policymakers, businesses and consumers every day.
The game spans a period from the present day to 2030, with players
managing the energy supply for their growing city through random events
that affect their choices and highlight the consequences of their actions.
Energyville is hosted on http://www.willyoujoinus.com, an energy discussion
forum that Chevron created.
"Energyville is an engaging way of looking at the real-world decisions
that have to be made in meeting rising global energy needs," said Rhonda
Zygocki, Chevron vice president of Policy, Government and Public Affairs.
"Sponsoring Energyville supports our efforts to encourage a global debate
of the critical energy issues. Energyville gives people an opportunity to
test their energy literacy and learn for themselves the challenges in
powering their own city."
Paul Rossi, North American publisher of The Economist, said: "There is
no 'right' answer to the world's energy problems. Energyville was designed
to show the complexities and the tough choices that have to be made to meet
the energy needs of a growing, modern city. Given the importance of energy
in everyone's lives, Energyville is an opportunity to stimulate and inform
the debate and help create awareness around our energy choices."
Energyville represents an average industrialized global city of almost
four million people. Population growth and energy demands, impacts and
costs, are based on projected socio economic and energy usage data from the
Economist Intelligence Unit and other organizations such as the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Energy
Information Administration.
As players move through the game's phases, they learn about the
characteristics of the different energy sources and understand how
different events affect their choices. The economical, environmental and
security impacts of their chosen energy portfolio are calculated using an
energy-management points system. Players can compare their scores with
other players, challenge a friend and debate the results on
http://www.willyoujoinus.com.
The Economist Group is a private company. The publications and services
delivered under The Economist brand are The Economist newspaper,
Economist.com, Economist Intelligence Unit, Economist Conferences,
Economist Corporate Network, The World In and Intelligent Life. The group's
other global brands include CFO, a publication for senior finance
executives (CFO, CFO Europe, CFO Asia, CFO India, CFO China, CFO.com),
EuroFinance Conferences, and Roll Call (including GalleryWatch) and
European Voice (aimed at decision makers on Capitol Hill and in Brussels,
respectively). More information is available at
http://www.economistgroup.com.
Chevron Corporation is one of the world's leading integrated energy
companies. The company has about 58,000 employees, and Chevron's
subsidiaries conduct business in approximately 180 countries. Chevron
operates across the entire energy spectrum-exploring for, producing and
transporting crude oil and natural gas; refining, marketing and
distributing fuels and other energy products; generating power; designing
and marketing large-scale energy efficiency solutions; and commercializing
the energy resources of the future, including biofuels and other
renewables. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information about
Chevron is available at http://www.chevron.com.
SOURCE Chevron Corporation Public Affairs
 back to top
Related links:
http://www.chevron.com
http://www.willyoujoinus.com/
CONTACT:
Alex Yelland of Chevron media relations,
+1-925-842-0456; or Justin Hendrix of The Economist Group,
+1-212-541-0540
|
