That's your answer? If we don't like corporate pollution we can move to a planet without corporations and live off the land? Damn, why didn't I think of that?
You can thank a lot more than petroleum for those. Petroleum is not the issue. The issue is environmentally irresponsible policies in the gathering and refining of petroleum.
I mean, we can make all these companies stop producing and you can read a book with no electricity if you want. Whats your angle dude??? America is one of the most environmentally conscious countries on the planet. In all phases.
Nobody wants these companies to stop producing. We want them to make environment responsibility a higher priority. Exxon Valdez spill, Dude. BP gulf oil spill. Those are negligent corporations, amigo. Well that is bullshit. The United States dropped out of the top-30 in 2006 and hasn't sniffed it since. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_Performance_Index In any case, you are trying to shift the debate from corporate environmental policy to national policy. Prove what? That oil companies have been irresponsible? Sure. EXXON Valdez oil spill = $4 billion in damages. BP Deep Water Horizon oil spill = $20 billion in damages Louisiana coastal land loss due to oil field canals = potential $billions Fracking in the search for natural gas = potential $billions.
No, I am pointing out that you expect humans to not be humans. It is an innate trait that humans are just terrible. Corporations are run by them. If you let them sell edible lead to kids, they would. So yes, it should ALWAYS be a national policy. The pissing matches with you are borderline childish these days. I can go back and cite every case of terrible food handling, medical malpractice etc..... But whats the point? You try to pigeonhole one industry for no reason. How about the automobile industry? Killer of thousands.
