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Big Oil is a term some use to describe the major petroleum companies such as ExxonMobil, ChevronTexxaco, British Petroleum and more. Democrats often attempt to position themselves against Big Oil despite accepting over $48,000,000 in donations from oil companies <ref>Industry Totals: Oil & Gas[http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=E01]</ref>. Republicans embrace Big Oil because they know that the companies define the very essence of capitalism -- success at business<ref>ExxonMobil Reaps Record Profits[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7165877]</ref> while helping the American citizen. Without Big Oil, we would have no gasoline, heating oil or plastics.<ref>Pipeline Fact Sheet[http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/FactSheets/FSProductList.htm]</ref>
==Environmentalism==
Despite criticism from socialist liberals who wish to abolish the use of gasoline<ref>Activists Sue to Stop Petroleum Production[http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=14862]</ref><ref>Iceland to Stop Using Gasoline[http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1518556]</ref>, Big Oil has an exceptional environmental track record, often repairing mistakes quickly before they can become disasters.<ref>Oil Fields to Remain Open During Repairs[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5637231]</ref> Big Oil has also proven valuable in funding independant scientists<ref>Exxon funded group offers cash to critique climate study [http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/02/news/companies/exxon_science/]</ref> who are able to dispute the propaganda behind [[Global Warming]] without worrying about losing their government or academic funding due to liberal reprisals.
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==Environmentalism==
Despite criticism from socialist liberals who wish to abolish the use of gasoline<ref>Activists Sue to Stop Petroleum Production[http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=14862]</ref><ref>Iceland to Stop Using Gasoline[http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1518556]</ref>, Big Oil has an exceptional environmental track record, often repairing mistakes quickly before they can become disasters.<ref>Oil Fields to Remain Open During Repairs[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5637231]</ref> Big Oil has also proven valuable in funding independant scientists<ref>Exxon funded group offers cash to critique climate study [http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/02/news/companies/exxon_science/]</ref> who are able to dispute the propaganda behind [[Global Warming]] without worrying about losing their government or academic funding due to liberal reprisals.
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