Big Oil versus the Bigger Thing

Big Oil. That's what's behind discrediting climate science! No. I think it's something even bigger. There is an unbelievable force at work here and it is known as Big American Taxpayer. The taxpayer is ever so slightly resisting these outrageous initiatives to save the world by lining the pockets of someone more worthy than me and the global warming community is feeling a shockwave within the blast zone. And yet, at the time of this writing, virtually nothing has been said in the American mainstream media. Wait till they become aware.

Big oil is puny by comparison. In fact, the only thing it's good for is putting in my Big Car and dabbing on the axles of my Big Wheels and turning the Big Gears of Progress. When we put a halt to US exploration, the pollution that is avoided is an illusion because the same work moves offshore. Less exploration raises gas prices and the price we pay goes offshore. A billion dollars a year going offshore is about ten thousand jobs of every level going away with it. Oh, did you say you were worried about your job or somebody's on the other side of the planet?

That said, I don't favor pollution. I am glad that, through the years, many improvements have been made to reduce the pollutants in fuel. The sign that it's gone far enough is when it goes too far by reaching the point of diminishing returns. Or in this case, negative returns: The summer formulation of gasoline is supposed to pollute the air less, but it seeps into the groundwater and pollutes that.

Okay, here's a little secret. I started this blog today because of an article responding to the suspicion that every anti-warming writer is funded by Big Oil. The article is at
http://nofrakkingconsensus.blogspot.com/2010/02/independent-bloggers-vs-corporate.html. And there it was: A free way to create a blog without having Big Oil fund the whole affair. And here I am. Now where was I?