Credit to the theoretical (and sadly inevitable) physical dissolution of the Tuvalu land mass (not historical culture) is speculatively credited to the following corporate and private sponsors: Royal Dutch/ Shell Oil, Mobile Oil/ Exxon Corporation, BP (British Petroleum), Chevron Oil, Standard Oil, *alburton Industries, Saudi ARAMCO, The *ush Family, The *heney Family, The *ockefeller Family, Texas, GazProm, Venezuela, The Mexican Oil Cartel (The *alinas Family (not my buddy’s family, you know, the other one…), the *och Brothers (thankfully 1 died(R.I.P., if you can find it.) OPEC, The Crown of Brunei, Lawyers, and the first S.O.B. that thought a “gusher” was a good thing, metaphorically speaking.