[Our man in washington]

So let's keep a running scoreboard:

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS BROUGHT ABOUT BY PEOPLE LOOKING TO MAKE A BUCK vs. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS BROUGHT ABOUT BY ENVIRONMENTALISTS.

The "make a buck" crowd currently has a huge lead, and may be about to pile it on.

[Sonny M]

The "make a buck crowd" is the reason we still have whales in the ocean. If Rockefeller and Thomas Edison hadn't come along, who knows where we would be. Years ago, whale oil was used to light lamps, untill Edison came up with the lightbulb, and the whale oil that was used to heat and light, was replaced, thanks to Rockefeller with good ole deep in the ground crude.