dr. boesch. >> i couldn't agree kumar. we need better information batter ocean to make good decisions about it. since the commission did focus on the goals, i make just a few comments. first of all, we were shocked to see that it industry moved into deepwater over the last 20 years, really quite spectacular new technology. it was not the investment where government and understanding that environment. so at a time this is taking place, theinvestment in studies of the gulf of mexico environment were actually declining. to redress that, we recommend not only for oil and gas development, but for all kinds of energy developments around our coast, whether it's oil and gas in the alaskan arctic or wind power in the atlantic, we should have a capacitor capacity since we were just talking about energy issues to understand the environment. so our recommendation is that there should be a really modest fee if you will, recognizing the federal deficit problem to the industry, much like it would have a severance would pay for appropriat