Comment Re:We will always have deep sea exploration.... (Score 1) 720
I understand part of your point of view, but taking the pedantic plunge, I would like to paraphrase Chomsky, who mentions how big business socializes costs(middle eastern wars) and privatizes profits. The only reason they can pump that oil so cheap(say, 5 USD a barrel) is because of all the public money funneled into keeping such volatile region stable. Although USA citizens are quite accustomed to cheap petroleum products, it doesn't fully reflect the tax burden laid upon them for that privileged, which in the words of Adam Smith, means they are paying the exorbitant profits of stock twice for the same commodity, but of course only "big oil" gets its share.