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Arkansas Earthquakes Could Be Man-Made
oxide7 writes "The small earthquakes that struck north central Arkansas could be from a combination of natural and man-made activity. Some experts think that pumping water into the ground as part of the extraction process of natural gas could cause local seismic events."
I don't know how yet, but clearly this is a plot by the global warming freaks.
Not tinfoil-hatters, it will be the radical environmentalists--the guys who are convinced that every form of energy except solar and wind are going to cause the end of the world (and who are oblivious to the fact that solar and wind power are a fucking joke and a pipe-dream that will never replace even a significant fraction of our energy needs).
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
There's a few documentaries out there to raise awareness already, but they seem to gather very little attention.
It's probably because those documentaries are shit. Someone posted a link to an us-versus-them hit piece a little earlier. You don't have to drink ground water that catches on fire, you know. Here's my take. Ground water contamination (and soil stability) is a minor, local problem. Our civilization becoming crippled because some envirofreaks want to halt progress, is a serious, global problem.
This is achieved by pumping water and chemicals into the ground under high pressure to mess with the soil layers
Translation: the oil companies pump EVIL into the ground because they can!
there's a few documentaries out there to raise awareness already, but they seem to gather very little attention.
Gasland is already under question for many of its "facts". Instead of documentaries we could look at studies by the EPA that say there is no impact. Of course, that study was questioned by a whistleblower, so maybe it isn't reliable either.
In short, I've read at least 50 comments in this thread stating with great certainty that ground water pollution is occurring from fracking, TFA says earthquakes are likely caused by fracking, yet there aren't any studies to support any claims for or against those statements. How 'bout we all wait for the EPA lifecycle study to do its thing and then we can have an informed discussion instead of a /. discussion?
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