RE:Having Cake and Eating it Too.Based on how small ATH is compared to other producers, in the oilsands. Then adding all the regulation and geo- politics involved. I think taking a company like this private, would be considered to risky for most investors. To me it makes the most sense, for a company that has the head office infrastructure in place already. To take a company like this over. Time will tell what ATH board members recieved for their stocking suffers, this past Christmas.