In time, nature as well as societies, change to improve conditions in a matter of sorts.
I'm with you about putting OPEC out of business and we have more than enough coal here in the US, not to mention hydrogen fuel cells with be affordable in autos in the next 7 years.
I hate to think that my heat, air conditioning, gasoline, plastics, roads I drive on, etc. help fund Islamic fascism through OPEC profits, but I honestly believe some of those profits are used for just that.
As are you. And greed is good. Greed is what drives the world, economy, and innovation.
Your efforts would be better spent at complaining about BIG GOVERNMENT...
BTW, go check out the profit margin's of 5 hi-tech companies...then go check "Big Oil's" profit margin....
Get back to me.......
If Dubya really wanted a legacy, why not promote a "Manhattan Project" for US energy independence? Put everything on the table: nuclear, wind, solar, coal, biofuel, ethanol, conservation, etc.
How much would it cost? Don't know, but not as much as what we're spending in Iraq, and the dividends would be realized more quickly.
Announce that in the SOTU address, and oil prices start dropping the next day.
Don't forget federal, State, County, and local TAXES on ALL energy.. which is at least as much as energy producer profits.. AND parasitic adding NOTHING..
According to Mark Steyn, some are...