Oil & Gasoline: The Politics
There is a factual story to be told about the multi-million dollar war being waged between the Oil and Gas and Republican team on the one side, and the Democrats, consumer and environmental groups on the other. The factual story however, leaves much room for guesswork as to why the facts are as they are. Let's examine this story as logically as possible.
Folks don't want oil derricks in on their front lawns, town squares, or Central Park. Hence, laws were passed ages ago regulating where mining and drilling operations may take place, to protect towns, farmlands, waterways, and public lands for designated purposes like ANWR, all necessary to American quality of life.
