I spoke with a petroleum engineer from California a few years ago and he told me this very thing. He also claimed that with the twist of a few valves off-shore production of oil in California would skyrocket, but that oil companies were forbidden by law to open them.
The foundation of this is Gaia religion that permeates politics, science(AGW), environmentalism and now businesses expecting to suck from the hind teat of this whore.
It’s paganism....