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Seems reasonable. Policy drives the energy industry. And, wrt. the oil spill, isn't the popular theory that the disaster was caused by shoddy engineering due t
by quadhome 16y ago
Seems reasonable. Policy drives the energy industry.
And, wrt. the oil spill, isn't the popular theory that the disaster was caused by shoddy engineering due to a lack of oversight? A policy panel could be the beginning of a reset button on the supposed regulatory capture of the Minerals Management Service.
- ax0n 16y agoIf it were mining and drilling policy, perhaps. But this is more about energy policy.
- brg 16y agoOversight is a nice word, but rarely beneficial when formalized as an ongoing process. To see this, do you believe that the loss of an entire platform, death of 11 workers, and possible loss of all mineral rights in US territory wasn't enough to motivate the company to follow the engineering recommendations of their best and brightest? Along those same lines, anyone who would have had the insight to avoid this kind of terrible accident would be highly valuable in the industry, and easily lured away from a mid-level bureaucratic position. An oversight commission will be left with only busy-bodies and those with out of date knowledge and skills.