Absolutely, TM! We used to have effective anti-trust laws that prevented things like that. Part of "deregulation" was to negate those laws, so now ALL media can be ownedby a handfull of corporations, and BP can own Chevron, Texaco, the company which produces the only batteries that can compete economically with gasoline (Ovonics--- and they refuse to produce anything larger than 1 cell batteries for public sale), as well as controlling interest in wind and solar power companies. Only government is strong enough to take away that stranglehold on the economy, like it or not, and as long as they have the minds of enough sheep, that government will not act.