"It boils down to the corporate bottom line." Doesn't it always?
"Figure a way to get the oil out of the ground with fewer environmental costs, reduce oil consumption, or at least make it too expensive to get oil out of the ground using current methods and that solves the problem." I believe everyone agrees with your second point, at least in theory. In reality, it's is more like, "How can I get everyone else to reduce their oil consumption while I don't change my lifestyle one bit?" Your first and last options are the most interesting. At this current time, it is hard to even mention the first option without bringing up the third option. Just out of curiosity, what would happen to the middle class and poor if it oil extraction and drilling were made to expensive to be profitable? J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327163 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
