Facts?
The only fact is that some hate people with money and big business for whatever reason - usually it's envy rather than judge a business or an individual on a rational level.
Oh, where to start...there's so much fun stuff in here!
Well I guess if you're the kind who thinks opinions are the same thing as facts, but I harbor no hatred of wealth as my own economic health is in good standing. So why would I practice self-hatred?
For example I don't see progressives bashing the millionaire Al Gore or Soros, yet they have no problem bashing anyone and any business in which they don't know their political affiliation, so politics as well plays a role in how some judge businesses and those with money.
Quite frankly I'm getting sick of it....
We're all over the map today, aren't we? Al Gore's in the oil business? Soros? Hmmm, maybe he is, could you find a link to that for me please?
As far as fracking - I really don't give a ****, because if a progressive was fracking NO progressive would give a ****.
Here is a fire hydrant ON FIRE - your argument is invalid.
Now, if you want food, clothing, water, computers, TV, internet and all the luxuries you're accustom to - you need ENERGY, and for some strange reason progressives don't comprehend that idea. Apparently "liberals" er progressives believe all this **** grows on trees. There is not ONE viable and efficient source of energy that progressives support.
Hey I support all forms of energy because I am realistic enough to understand that even petroleum will be here for quite some time to come.
My issue has more to do with the fact that the petroleum business wishes to maintain a monopoly on things like transportation fuel, otherwise we wouldn't be seeing wealthy players doing their level best to kill off alternatives, would we?
We wouldn't have seen BP, Shell and Exxon manipulating oil prices for well over a decade, we wouldn't see further manipulation by speculators aimed at slowing the growth of alternatives. We wouldn't see state after state lining up to pass bills aimed at stopping Tesla direct sales.
Oh wait, isn't that big government stepping in to regulate? Uh ohhh, guess it's okay when it protects established interests like car dealers and oil companies.
So until we can find a viable alternative or "green" source of energy we're going to need oil, coal and nuclear energy to keep civilization going.
You know, the funny thing is, fracking, like all other forms of oil and natgas exploration, CAN be done in a SAFER manner.
I didn't say that there's a 100% safe method, I am saying that there are safer "best practices" and methodologies.
And oil companies would adhere to those best practices if they had to, except that they got a sweetheart deal that exempted them from nearly ALL regulations back around the turn of the millenium, so now individual entities are having to sue them one by one instead, to force them to adopt best practices.
But it's like so many other aspects of big business.
See, I do understand the nature of corporations. They by their very nature cannot HAVE a conscience.
Regulations function as a de facto substitute for a conscience and, while I can name lots of examples of unnecessary regulations, the fact is, some regulations ARE necessary.
Now, I don't really give a **** if progressives like it or not because I like my internet and my electronics more than I like them.
Well, that's good. I wouldn't dare suggest that you step away from your self interests because I know that your mentor would be very upset with you. :lamo
Also, who gives a **** about oil anyways?
Uhhhhh....we all do, we don't have much choice in the matter. It's the sole source, or damn close to it, for transportation energy.
That's going to change soon of course. Electric cars are today roughly where the home VCR was in 1972 when Sony gave us the BetaMax, a $3500 playtoy for rich folks. Five years later they were under $499, ten years later they were under a hundred bucks, with better features, performance and mature technology.
do you actually believe oil is the life blood of the earth or something?
As I said above in so many words, it's the lifeblood of modern industrial civilization.
in reality all oil is - is decomposed organic material, and theoretically it's a renewable resource. Also, we have only tapped 10% of the oil.
Whoa, did you just say that oil is "renewable"?
So you're not only a Rand worshipper, you're also a believer in abiogenic oil too? :lamo
Lemme guess, Jerome Corsi in "Black Gold Strangelhold"....amirite?
