Koncerned has a point though that I don't think many choose to see. Yes, we as a state are likley not getting our fair share. But to think for one second that an 80/20 state/oil split would work is ignorant. I get it, liberal paper, left readership, everyone hates oil. But, the oil companies do run the risk and carry the cost of punching dry holes. They do want us but do not need us. Go to any other state with private land owners brokering the royalties on their own land.... Then see Ak with mounds of red tape and revenue sharing. Don't kid yourself to think there is not a point in which it's not economically viable for them, just as us. If we don't strike a fair balance and push them all out our state will look like it did in the 50s. I am sure many of you welcome that but the hundreds of thousands of the population that are directly or indirectly tied to oil industry will leave the place they love.