He spoke about the future of energy in a rapidly heating world, and the role of the fossil fuel industry. “Without hesitation, the ‘Big Oil’ CEO said, ‘Six feet of sea level rise,” Jackson added. The Octopus CEO explained that he appealed to his fellow executive about what he would tell his own children about such deadly conditions - but the man looked at him blankly. The Independent’s World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley was able to put such catastrophic climate impacts into real-world terms, and what that extreme sea level rise would mean for communities. open image in gallery Greg Jackson, the CEO of Octopus Energy, said the future of energy is electric ( The Independent )“The treasure is cheap, clean, abundant energy.