ktbr wrote:
Floyd L. Davidson wrote:

Because the oil companies have exactly one thing in
mind, byt they are not the only ones affected. They
choose based soley on their profit margins. But for
example everyone (not just me, little one, *everyone*)
here wants to keep oil exploration out of certain areas
that are important to for local usage.

Oh puhleeze. You bunch of anti-American/Anti-profit
pinheads sicken me. It's always "Big Oil"'s fault... or

It is only Big Oil's fault if you let them.

If you think that letting them isn't asking for a
disaster, you've got your head in the sand. Have you
been paying attention lately? Big Oil has been buying
the Alaska State Legislature for years, they have not
been doing maintenance on pipelines, and almost 20 years
later they *still* won't pay off the fisherment from
Prince William Sound whose lives were destroyed by the
Exxon Valdez spill.

There simply is *no* denying that Big Oil requires a
regulated environment.

some other big busnesses making NASTY profits that is
ruining everything. For your information they are the ones
that bring relatively cheap and efficient energy to your
house so you can take a warm bath.

That is a bit of a simply minded perception, and does not
approach reality.

The US government hasn't generated one watt of electricity
or produced one barrel of oil, yet they make more money
per gallon of gasoline than the oil companies or gas stations
do. And do they re-invest that money in new drilling techniques...
alternate energy source... or exploration??????? _NO_

They SPEND it ... buying votes. In other words, BLOWING IT.

I give up on you people.

It is hard to keep up with issues that are so far over
your head.

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Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)