Floyd L. Davidson wrote:


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 sources... or exploration...??????? _NO_


What has that got to do with who decides where exploration is
allowed and where it is not?


That fact that you do not see the relevence merely serves to
illustrate just how much of the problem you people are.