What can I say...Oh my god...
"Tragedy of the Commons" makes it sound like an innocent Greek play.

In fact, it is Adam Smith's Magical, Invisible Hand once again working in its mythical intelligently-designed way to make sure that private greed trumps over that which is good for the community. It is no longer a cigarette company secret that what is good for Big Oil is bad for the Planet and vise versa. (Global warming? What GW? GWB don't see no GW.) It should be no surprise that Big Oil & friends oppose Kyoto and anything else that might cut into next quarter's profits.