I think it is time for interpreter, BYALPHAINDIA and DAVYDAY to wake up. You have no birthright on cheap energy.
If you think you can do better than BP & Esso, just start your own energy company. If you think you have an viable way of extracting oil shales, do it. Better than blaming OPEC, energy company's, China, India, Bush, the entire US, the speculators etc, etc.