Wow... just wow. This is how out of touch the oil industry is.

[Nbadan]

The problem isn't that B.P. "made money"..the problem is that B.P. did everything to cut corners and safety to make more money...gross profits....

....but that's what wing-nuts want, unregulated markets who can do what ever they please...

[Nbadan]

et me ask you this though, do you think the oil industry influences domestic energy policies?

There is no doubt that they do, even under Obama...but it's not that we need much more regulation, except to deal with deep-water wells, for the most part we just need the govt. to enforce the regulations already on the books...

[xrayzebra]

That's because you're not very smart. But I do like making money off of tools like you.

You are so cruel. You run with Chump. He is cruel. Poor me, I need
a subside to tide me over till my royalty check comes in...

[Wild Cobra]

We have gone over this before.

Tax breaks do amount to subsidies.

Bull .

At one point in the past, I linked a government definition of subsidy. You are flat out wrong. Thoughts like that are why I call people lib s and lemmings. You believe the lies of the pundits.

[Wild Cobra]

Here's a quick definition from wiki:

Wiktionary: Subsidy:

Noun

subsidy (plural subsidies)

1. financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
2. (dated) money granted by parliament to the British Crown

[ChumpDumper]

Here's a quick definition from dictionary.com:

sub·si·dy
   [suhb-si-dee]
–noun,plural-dies.

1. a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.

2. a sum paid, often in accordance with a treaty, by one government to another to secure some service in return.

3. a grant or contribution of money.

4. money formerly granted by the English Parliament to the crown for special needs.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/subsidy

[EmptyMan]

Let me know when y'alls cars run on lollipops and rainbows.

[Winehole23]

There are already ultralite cars that run on compressed air, motorcycles that run on peanut oil and don't top fuel dragsters run on alcohol?

[DMX7]

I believe no regular size cars in Brazil run only on pure gasoline anymore.

[DMX7]

Let me know when y'alls cars run on lollipops and rainbows.

Straw man argument.