Does the US government need a lesson in economics?

摘要

Will geophysical contractors shoot seismic in the Atlantic Ocean just for the heck of it? Probably not. In the latest iteration of "let's look like we're doing something," the US Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management have announced that the DOI is "taking steps to assess the conventional and renewable resource potential in the Mid- and South Atlantic." A draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) was released March 28 for public comment and is intended to determine "whether, and if so where, leasing would be appropriate in these areas." More to the point, the draft PEIS will assess, and potentially green-light, geological and geophysical activities.