"Big Oil." Sigh.
The most convenient demon is again trotted out.
One of my greatest wishes is that "Big Oil" detractors would finally wake up, and realize that virtually all they enjoy, the very essence of their standard of living, is due to industries like these. And [i]someone's[/i] got to go find the stuff. And transport it. And refine it. And deliver it, so jackasses like this can drive his car at the lowest cost anywhere in the godd**n world - to continue his obvious hypocrisy.
For a class of people that lay claim to such empathic ability and imagination, liberals seem particularly deficient at imagining the alternatives. And imagining the mass assf***ing they'd feel if they finally got their way.
Myself, I'm a "hydrogen fuel cell" type of guy, knowing full well that only nuclear power is the way to go in separating that hydrogen for use. But no, liberals will wince at the thought of nuclear energy - even though their perennial heroes, the French(!) of all people, have used it to great effect and safety.