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To: semi_infinite who wrote (366977)	6/1/2010 1:21:16 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793787

How you going to shut down all the other countries drilling in the gulf?

To: semi_infinite who wrote (366977)	6/11/2010 6:24:59 PM
From: TimF	9 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793787

Fail-safe almost never really means totally fail-safe in such large operations. Its hard to make things fool-proof because the ingenuity of fools can surprise you. And even if no one is a fool, mistakes can be made and accidents can happen. Putting the world on hold until its fail-safe is another way of saying don't do anything. If your not for extracting energy anywhere (since accidents can happen), then I suppose you are being cold, in the dark, and generally under primitive conditions. We never make things 100% safe. We make them safer and safer by learning from our mistakes, and also learning from works well. That's a wiser policy than simply not doing anything because something could somehow go wrong.