discretedancer
07-11-2005, 06:29 AM
all oil has externalized costs...pollution, pipeline subsidies, eminent domain, contract bias, diplomatic and military support, tax breaks and outright payments to companies, discounted leases on production fields, discounted loans for equipment, federal GIS/survey teams providing free assistance, etc....
all nations do it, it's called "national security"
all nations do it, it's called "national security"