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It is unfair and hypocritical of Obama and the US to criticse BP, in the way that the company has been criticised, when taken in context with the environmental havoc caused by/still being caused by the US military and US companies SINCE Obama took up office. Angela On 19 Jun 2010, at 08:12, Marika Sherwood wrote: > I think it is unfair to only criticise the USA and Obama. There is no > shortage of British and other oil companies causing havoc. Or those > that > want to persuade people to grow biofuels, not food. > The problem is with the whole capitalist system which is just about > making > as much money as possible for the already rich (and to create a few > co-operative new ones). If the oil companies were not so powerful, > wouldn't > our universities have discovered some alternative mode of fuelling > cars? > Wouldn't the panels for generating electricity from sunlight have > become > cheaper? How about not financing wars (guess what pipelines pass > through > Afghanistan, which also has as yet unworked reserves of many minerals - > heaven help them!) and financing trains instead? > And do you cycle and not drive? > Marika > >