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"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message
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> I meet with some Americans from the oil industry and they said. Nobody
> (in USA) is willing to pay more for a more enviromental oil
> production.

And you never considered the possibility that oil industry insiders might
have some bias on this issue? :)

 If your point is that US consumers are not willing to pay more for
enviromentally friendly products, I can think of many counterexamples. In
several areas of the country, you can now choose your electric company. When
consumers were given a choice, many opted for energy producers who charged
substantially higher rates, but promised to generate the electricity more
cleanly.

> Are you having elections for congress or something now?

The next election is in the fall. Every other year, on the Tuesday in
November, there is a U.S. election in which every seat in the House of
Representative, and one third of the Senate seats, are up for grabs.