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I wasn't offended by those commercials. I thought BP was British Petroleum and I wouldn't be surprised to find them actively seeking viable alternative energy products.
I understand corporations are global, but I didn't classify BP with the Texaco, Chevron, et al. corps.
Are they in the same bracket?
(texaco was the company that posted the highest profits, btw)
I think some of the tension over Bush and current energy policies (and why this doesn't often reflect back to Clinton era, or even back to republican presidencies before him) is because of a perceived and actual link between Bush, Cheney, Rice and others with "Big Oil" (those main conglomerates I already listed, not all oil is "Big Oil," I think would be the response).
So when things go awry, or aren't being done, it looks like the administration isn't doing as much as they could (with their old partners and friendships, the thought may be they have extra pull) or even worse, they are deliberately allowing things to happen that enrich them and their associates while steering the nation's policies.
these are the two main reasons I think people direct attention to Bush, et al links to Big Oil. Now either he isn't doing all he could, or he is doing all he can to get more rich, or neither of these are true but that doesn't make people feel less tension about the appearance of inappropriate action and/or linkages. So it doesn't seem to do any good to point out past administartions' indiscretions or inaction. Those simply do not matter to what people are ], feeling, in my observations.
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