A richer bunch of gloomsayers than America's oilmen would be hard to find. While their profits climb the Richter scale, they are rightly concerned that their companies are losing power as OPEC countries increasingly skip around hem to sell oil directly to governments. They grouse that energy policy is a bureaucratic mess, that Americans lack the will and cohesion to make the compromises necessary to develop synthetic fuels and that the nation generally is going to pot in a gasoline bucket.
One fellow who stands out as a refreshing yea-sayer is Thornton Bradshaw, president...
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