Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou View Post
When these things happen, someone always comes out and says "If only we had this one more safety measure, everything would have been averted". It reminds me of the Futurama episode where the 6000 hulled dark matter tanker wrecks and Fry remarks "Oh, the fools! If only they'd built it with 6000 and one hulls! When will they learn?!?"
The difference to your example and the one we witnessed is that other countries drilling of their coasts has regulated this.

Your example: Norway regulated for 6001 and one hulls for the off chance of anything breaking 6000.

Real example: Norway regulated a device to stop things go very bad if things go bad.

As much as I appreciate the humor in your post, it isn't really applicable in this situation.