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To: tejek who wrote (76081)	5/26/2010 12:06:27 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

"Halt to offshore oil drilling 'not going to happen " Didn't da Rat already tell you that? How The Global Oil Watchdog Failed Its Mission By Lionel Badal 25 May, 2010 Countercurrents.org Part I – An inconvenient reality 12 years ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) discovered that Peak Oil would threaten the prosperity and stability of our societies. Yes, they knew it. While some IEA officials tried to inform the world about this game-changing event, it appears that others had different priorities. In 1998, the IEA team working on the influential World Energy Outlook (WEO) made a detailed and authoritative assessment about the future of oil production. The team was composed of the world's finest energy experts, amongst whom Jean-Marie Bourdaire, coordinator of the study, Ken Wigley, Keith Miller and the man who would later become Chief-Economist of the IEA, Dr. Fatih Birol. By using confidential databases and sophisticated expertise, they reached a dramatic conclusion: Peak Oil, the moment when global oil production starts its irreversible decline, would happen well before 2020, around 2014. Message 26566560

To: tejek who wrote (76081)	5/26/2010 12:22:59 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

We can easily increase the degree of oversight and stiffen the regulation. In fact Obama can issue an executive order to suspend all deep sea oil drilling in the gulf until and unless there is a through review of the safety procedures at the existing rigs. The MMS needs to be overhauled with strict rules on how they provide oversight. No frateRnizing. It is not just sufficient to break into into three groups. Since this spill is due to the failure of the BOP (weak batteries and hydraulic leak), stringent rules must be put in place for inspecting it more often and fixing problems detected during the inspection before resumption of operations. Some of these can be put in place right now and would be very politically expedient for Obama to come out and tell the people that instead of merely waiting for the leak plug before deciding on the next course of action. JMHO