Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

Because they Want us dependent on OPEC oil. That way every time there is a much needed military action in the Mideast they can lie and say it is for the oil, and there are enough stupid Americans all too eager to believe that nonsense. Also it makes too much sense to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, and one thing the liberals can never be accused of is have good common sense.

How many US citizens can vote in Mexico's elections or have any other political influence in Mexico? I'm sure the people who care about drilling in the Gulf of Mexico are doing what they think they can to influence those countries, but in the long run the environmentalists in the US don't really have any control over other nations.

I have a hypothsis concerning that. It is based in solid economic reasoning and how public relations help to shape public opinion. Want to hear it? Keep reading. The major US oil companies keep track of how much oil is sold at what price at the retail level every day. Additionally, I'm quite sure the major US oil companies keep track of how much supply comes to the market each day. It would be an easy matter to calculate how that supply affects the retail price. Using sophisticated mathematical tools it would be easy to calculate the optimum supply for maximum profit. This is what companies are supposed to do. Using the law of supply and demand, we know that too much supply will result in a low price. The oil companies certainly do not want that. Using their records and mathematical tools it would be an easy matter to know how much supply is too much. How to control that? The power of competition and free enterprise is very powerful. If left alone, these forces would result in an unbelievable supply of oil and a low price. Through out history, the power of competition and free enterprise is usually defeated through politics and subterfuge. Could that be going on today? How? I am suggesting the major US oil companies know very well that if the major untapped oil resources of the USA were available to the daily retail supply their profits would plummet. Therefore they must find a reason to not drill! Poltically, they do not dare say out in the open they won't drill because they want to make more money. What to do? I'm suggesting some major oil company CEO's earn their multi million dollar/year salaries by covertly funding anti drilling environmentalists! The increase in their profits would be huge compared to the pittance it would take to keep these fanatics in business. Yes, I am suggesting that,"Environmentalists are the (USEFUL IDIOTS) of the oil companies.". The basis for this supposition is the only economic law I ever discovered or promulgated. Here it is. "Anything that would make money is being done or tried somewhere by someone or will be very shortly." In accordance with the above economic law, I do think some oil company is secretly funding anti drilling activitists.