Oil industry begging for more deepwater drilling opportunities in 2008

[mattbell]

I was looking over an old issue of Scientific American from 2008, and I found this little gem.

It's an ad from an oil & gas industry consortium, begging for people to persuade their leaders to ease restrictions on deepwater drilling.

My favorite line: "New technological breakthroughs allow us to tap these resources, even in "ultra deep waters", while protecting fragile marine environments."

Comments

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

Even the amount of subsidy question is hard to answer -- eg what portion of the Iraq War's costs should be attributed to oil? 2 trillion? 1 trillion?

Thanks for the info.

[happyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Fission stories is a blog about nuclear accidents and near-accidents. It should give you some idea of the complexity of keeping nuclear plants running, and the dire state of regulation that is supposed to keep the industry safe.

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

What is the fastest, most effective way to find design errors? When the design contract is awarded to company A instead of companies B, C, and D, a smaller contract could be awarded to company B, C, or D to critique the design. I like that idea.