If you're going to blame greedy capitalists, take a look at what greedy communists brought off, the most polluted industrial countries on the face of the earth.

Reason, state ran everything. No checks, no balances. Sort of like if the mafia ran the country, only less efficient.

Big oil in this country has big pockets. And they have a certain fear of big lawyers getting into them, so there actually is a sense of responsibility in the system, in addition to being staffed by hundreds of thousands of civilians who vote.

As for profit motive, if you are any good are you going to play for free? For very long?