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philanderer · 10-30-2005, 10:36 PM

Ok so has anyone watched their television lately and seen the oil companies praising themselves for being concerned with environmental safety? My anger stems from one commercial in particular...the BP commercial where the narrator states proudly that BP is spending 1.5 billion dollars in researching and developing "new" forms of fuel (i.e. hydrogen fuel cells, etc.).

How does the public not rise as one and have this ad pulled from the air. In light of the recently publicized record money intakes of big oil, 1.5 billion for a year seems trivial, almost nonchalant in dealing with a major energy crisis.

Our economy is dependent on oil, and with the price per barrel reaching new highs every day, i almost want to scream: "WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT?" Why aren't there laws enforcing big oil to use a large percent of their money to develop new cleaner energy.

The answer to this is in my opinion political and why I decided this was the best place for this post. When the two most powerful people in the country, Dick Cheney and George Bush, have STRONG big oil ties and they break environmental precedents of previous adminstrations to help these companies, it is more than hard to swallow words of hope of new energy development from the president.

Furthermore we can only blame ourselves for placing two big oil honchos in charge of our economic plan for these 8 years.

But I still raise the question: where are strict measures to ensure new energy implementation in the United States. We need to remember that if we get there first we control the technology. This should be our number one priority, but it is more likely that any administration republican or democrat will be too entwined in big business/big oil to be able to pull our economy out from under their grip.

In any case that commercial has to make someone else mad? no? How much has BP made this QUARTER? How much of this profit will go towards that pittance of a research fund? I'd like to know the numbers...wouldn't you?

10-30-2005, 10:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
philanderer Upright	Big Oil, Big Oil, Big Oil Ok so has anyone watched their television lately and seen the oil companies praising themselves for being concerned with environmental safety? My anger stems from one commercial in particular...the BP commercial where the narrator states proudly that BP is spending 1.5 billion dollars in researching and developing "new" forms of fuel (i.e. hydrogen fuel cells, etc.). How does the public not rise as one and have this ad pulled from the air. In light of the recently publicized record money intakes of big oil, 1.5 billion for a year seems trivial, almost nonchalant in dealing with a major energy crisis. Our economy is dependent on oil, and with the price per barrel reaching new highs every day, i almost want to scream: "WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT?" Why aren't there laws enforcing big oil to use a large percent of their money to develop new cleaner energy. The answer to this is in my opinion political and why I decided this was the best place for this post. When the two most powerful people in the country, Dick Cheney and George Bush, have STRONG big oil ties and they break environmental precedents of previous adminstrations to help these companies, it is more than hard to swallow words of hope of new energy development from the president. Furthermore we can only blame ourselves for placing two big oil honchos in charge of our economic plan for these 8 years. But I still raise the question: where are strict measures to ensure new energy implementation in the United States. We need to remember that if we get there first we control the technology. This should be our number one priority, but it is more likely that any administration republican or democrat will be too entwined in big business/big oil to be able to pull our economy out from under their grip. In any case that commercial has to make someone else mad? no? How much has BP made this QUARTER? How much of this profit will go towards that pittance of a research fund? I'd like to know the numbers...wouldn't you?