So we have substituted legal judgement for sound, responsible engineering judgement that says if you don't understand your risks or have credible plans to prevent or instantly mitigate them you should stop until you do.
Civil engineers have a cannon of ethics that requres them to put safety first. I guess petroleum engineers and federal judges don't have this belief
If you want insight go read the 6/21 NY Times article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/us/21blowout.html You probably won't read it in the T-P.
Posted on Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking federal deepwater drilling moratorium on June 22, 2010, 1:38PM
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