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I forgot to make one of my points (I might be a little drunk too...). I kind of bought into the feel good ads that BP did about "we are an energy company, and we will evolve to provide the energy of the future, blah, blah, ...". Well there are a few scenarios where delivering the energy of the future doesn't include any role for BP or the other big petroleum companies, and I'll bet that scares the hell out of them. So I think since their very survival depends on being part of the picture (whatever the "energy of the future" picture looks like) they will fight like any beast does when faced with the possibility of it's own demise - no holds barred.