DeptEnergy was Carters idea. Bout says it all On Nov 8, 1:48 pm, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > Good question..... > > two parts... > Do nothing?... Yes.... > Should D.O.E. have more "enforcement power"?... maybe... > > http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/a-collaborative-effort-to-p... > A Collaborative Effort to Prevent the Next Spill > By MATTHEW L. WALD > Soon after the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, the two > chairmen of the presidential commission appointed to look into the > catastrophe and some other officials raised the idea of the offshore > oil industry’s doing what the nuclear industry did after the Three > Mile Island meltdown of 1979: create an industrywide organization that > would conduct peer-to-peer audits and identify “best practices” that > could be cloned from place to place to improve safety. > > Associated Press > > The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning in the Gulf of Mexico on April > 21.On Tuesday, the Interior Department floated a slightly different > idea. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar proposed an Ocean Energy Safety > Institute that would arrange research, development and training in > areas like drilling safety, blowout containment and a broad oil spill > response. > > The nuclear group, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, concerns > itself with an industry that has not done much construction in the > last few years, so it focuses on continuing operations; by contrast, > the Deepwater Horizon was essentially an industrial construction site. > And INPO, as it is known, is not the industry’s consortium for > research. Its link to government is limited; it allows the Nuclear > Regulatory Commission access to its audits of reactors, but it is by > design a nongovernmental agency that is not subject to Freedom of > Information Act rules. > > Mr. Salazar’s proposal would draw in the Energy Department and the > Coast Guard as well as academic experts and scientists and would be > housed at the Interior Department. But one of its goals echoes the > role of INPO: it would master “full-system risk and reliability for > the offshore environment.’’ > > Mr. Salazar asked for comments from the industry by the end of > November. > > The American Petroleum Institute, the industry’s main trade > association, said in a statement that it favored coordination in > research and development of new technologies for safe operation and > cleanup. “We look forward to continuing to work with the Interior > Department to find ways forward to expeditiously develop our oil and > natural gas resources, which would create jobs, generate revenues and > increase our nation’s energy security,’’ it said. > > Cathy Landry, a spokeswoman for the institute, said that the idea of > an oil version of INPO was still alive, but that Mr. Salazar’s > proposal really did not fall into that category. What he is proposing > is a research and development group, she said, and would not preclude > an industry organization that focused on auditing drilling operations > for safety. > > The two could be separate or form different wings of a new > organization, she suggested. > > Bets are IMO that the Oil Industry would like to see the Energy Dept > (DOE) ..... whither away..... > > On Nov 8, 11:05 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The US Department of Energy has not fulfilled a single goal (or even > > close) stated in its mission statement and has failed at everything it > > has tried. What is the bet that it will survive the present storm that > > is ascending on Washington after the mid-terms unscathed ??? > > > It is a do nothing branch that siphons off 33 + Billion dollars a > > year. They are asking for a 5% increase this year.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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