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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>

Big Oil is a term some use to describe the major petroleum companies such as ExxonMobil, ChevronTexxaco, British Petroleum and more.  Some 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 generally embrace Big Oil.  Oil is used for gasoline, heating oil and plastics.<ref>Pipeline Fact Sheet[http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/FactSheets/FSProductList.htm]</ref>

 

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. Though, it appears now even Big Oil is aknowledging the reality of man's effect on climate <ref>Shell aknowledges the reality of man's effect on climate[http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=envandsoc-en&FC2=/envandsoc-en/html/iwgen/key_issues_and_topics/global_environmental_issues/climate_change/zzz_lhn.html&FC3=/envandsoc-en/html/iwgen/key_issues_and_topics/global_environmental_issues/climate_change/dir_climate_change_12042006.html]</ref><ref>BP aknowledges the reality of man's effect on climate[http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9007616&contentId=7014482]</ref>

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