Is the gov’t going to do the drilling? Or the oil companies who lobbied for it?

Maybe it’s a way to safely allow drilling. Let’s say the Sierra Club owns some wildlife preserve, and determines that there are ways of drilling for oil on their land without harming wildlife or the environment. Environmentalists may be more comfortable with the Sierra club saying it’s OK, rather than Bush.
So, the Sierra Club could charge oil companies to drill, while monitoring the drilling to meet their own standards. Then, the Sierra Club could use the revenues for their own worthy causes.

I see it as a win-win-win for oil companies, environmentalists, and taxpayers.

Then again, the Sierra Club may become hopelessly corrupt from their new wealth and drunk with power…

Is the gov’t going to do the drilling? Or the oil companies who lobbied for it?

Maybe it’s a way to safely allow drilling. Let’s say the Sierra Club owns some wildlife preserve, and determines that there are ways of drilling for oil on their land without harming wildlife or the environment. Environmentalists may be more comfortable with the Sierra club saying it’s OK, rather than Bush.
So, the Sierra Club could charge oil companies to drill, while monitoring the drilling to meet their own standards. Then, the Sierra Club could use the revenues for their own worthy causes.

I see it as a win-win-win for oil companies, environmentalists, and taxpayers.

Then again, the Sierra Club may become hopelessly corrupt from their new wealth and drunk with power…

-because then the gov’t won’t be able to drill it later for oil….

-because then the gov’t won’t be able to drill it later for oil….