re: I get the same feeling reading Bell...
What Bell claimed was we the Mars Society had to write off on Methane. We haven't and Zubrin as our President hasn't as far as I know.
That a hand full of people in a society like the Mars Society has that much power in government is pure nonsense.
Beside Methane is not off the table and for good engineering reasons.
If you want to stay on the Moon for long periods with the possibility of years in duration you need stable fuels.
I seriously don't think Mike Griffin is the snake Bell portrays him as.