re: #104 garhighway

If they aren’t ready in 6 months, then the hold continues.

I read a quote in the NYT today from the co-chair of the panel (A former head of the EPA under Bush and member of the BOD of ConocoPhillips) that six months won’t be enough time.

One of the estimates I heard the other day said the work necessary to determine which rigs are safe and what new regs/enforcement are needed could take up to 18 months. If the President hold to that, then you won’t see new oil drilling off our coasts for the next decade, if not the next two.