I mentioned oligopolies in a post above.

Bringing anti-trust suits against the companies that the gov't shouldn't have allowed to merge anyway, and breaking them up so that there are enough oil companies to actually compete against one another - like drill those friggin' leases - instead of the apparent collusion that's going on of late.

I think the gov't was sold the merger idea on the basis of increased efficiency of economy of scale. That works - up to a point. Then the allure of actually controlling and manipulating the market for even bigger profit intercedes. The too few oil companies are too big, and it's decreasing competition (via good ole capitalism), and we're paying for it.

Time to take 'em down a peg or two. Up the revolution!

Sg