How Energy From Space Relates To Fighting Terrorism

> The sad and unfortunate reality of this situation is that most
> members of congress sit on the board of a number of oil companies
> and therefore will be very reluctant to see the need for natural
> oil dissapear.

I don't see any reason why an energy company, such as Exxon, couldn't
invest in powersats and reap huge profits. They might be happy to
see the end of worry about what OPEC will do. And the chance to make
friends with the environmentalists (instead of being the favorite
boogieman of the same).

Still, if we improved the fuel efficiency of our vehicles by a small
percentage, we would not have to import oil, and we wouldn't have to
dig up Alaska.

Xenophile (who realizes that there must be something wrong with this
argument... after all, when's the last time you saw Mobil build a
powersat?)