The day I wrote this,the standard-bearers of the American oil industry strode into a Senate committee chamber to face the American people and justify their "outrageous profits." Their inquisitors asked why they were not drilling enough to supply the U.S.,and why very high gasoline prices could not be stopped,with high heating bills to come.It's a volatile mix,much like throwing gasoline on a fire.Thanks to all the TV cameras present,the political posturing in the room far outweighed anything the executives of ExxonMobil,BP,Shell,Chevron and ConocoPhillips had to say.
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