Conspiracy?

Big news yesterday. If you can make a battery that would ease energy costs, John McCain will give you $300 million (Click Here for Story).

This triggered a thought in my head. Follow me, conspiracies rarely are simple. In the past few weeks, the call for increased drilling in various places, mostly ANWR and offshore. Everybody agrees that oil will eventually run out, some people just think it will last longer than others. It is in the oil companies' best interest to keep the country's addiction to oil. With the spike in oil and gas prices, many consumers are pushing for other forms of energy. If somebody met McCain's goal tomorrow and came up with the perfect feasible energy source, it would take several years to be completely integrated into all cars. So, if the oil companies' can make the American people think that increased supply will ease prices, then the push for alternative energy will decrease.

Basically, I think its possible that the oil companies want the focus on drilling, instead of alternative energy, to keep a chunk of the American people believing that oil our best bet.

Now, if somebody did meet McCain's specifications and came up with the golden battery, who would want to pay more than $300 million for the blueprints?

Answer: Oil Companies. Paying off an inventor with double or triple that price would be more than beneficial for oil companies. Who knows? Maybe they have already done that? Maybe, they are trying to exhaust our oil reserves so that they will have us completely at their will?

I do not think anybody can argue that oil companies have not tried to develop alternative energy. But, why would they implement them when they could still make billions on oil?

Bottom Line? I have no proof to any of this. I just think it is not beyond the realm of possibility. Also, it is ridiculous to think that oil companies don't want to make money.

Rabbit