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Yes, but it would have been less painful if the "we'll all be toast soon" types had allowed energy exploration in currently politically forbidden areas 6-7 years ago. It'd be coming on line now.
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Actually it is just another sign of the "leave me alone" types being manipulated. The Oil companies currently have 68 million acres (proven reserves) leased to them for drilling. But they haven't drilled there because they make far too much money by keeping oil prices high. Plus they can use the current artificial market not just to make obscene profits, but to change the agenda to getting even more land leases, which they will again just sit on, and use only what they need to maximize profits.
Their current excuse for not drilling on the leased land they have is that it "costs too much, not enough equipment, etc", while hoping everyone ignores those record breaking profits.
The best we can hope for from these market (and opinion) manipulations, is that it awakens people to getting those alternative, renewable energy sources closer to reality. That would surely piss of the Oil companies, and screw up their agendas.
But as long as people ignore what is right in front of them, they will continue to be "left alone" right up until they have no where left to turn.
Given the areas in the south's dependence on energy to keep them from turning to toast, and their natural geographic advantage for making solar energy into a new 21 century industry for them, I am amused by their reluctance to accept that reality.
I certainly don't expect this argument to change any "leave me aloners" minds, but, what can you do? As has been pointed out, it is probably all due to poor upbringing.
