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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Oil companies generally work by the rules set out by the government, and sell oil for the price the world market dictates. If there's evil in the oil industry it certainly isn't because of the oil companies... it's horrendous government oversight and regulations combined with unrestrained growth in resource/fuel use. The whole business of over-exploitation of natural resources is what's evil, oil companies are just a vehicle.
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Heh, that's a bit deeper then what I was pointing out. I just was drawing attention that calling a company "evil" is kinda silly.
Interesting to see people figuring that the reasons around this split are "spin". Seems to me that Encana is responding to concerns from investors to properly deal with the diverse focuses of their entire business operation.