Look Out!

[icenine]

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/frack...es-8C11073601#

[bobabode]

Cool! When that fracking fluid reaches the Cuyahoga, Pete can light it on fire again. Fun times.

[CarlV]

Those girly quakes are fine for them but we here on the Pacific coast don't need any of that kind of help.


Carl

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by CarlV

Those girly quakes are fine for them but we here on the Pacific coast don't need any of that kind of help.


Carl

I believe they are starting to frack in LA!


The natural gas in under tremendous pressures so is oil for that matter. So one would be foolish not to wounder what will happen when the pressue is messed with. Then knowing human nature as I do, add the quest for a quick profit. Adds up to a disaster that will be of our own doing.

But this will get little attention because we are distracted by issues like Syria and their chemical attacks on fellow countrymen. But we have companies poisoning our land and water, causing earthquakes and it is alright. Because we need the energy.




Barney

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by Oerets

I believe they are starting to frack in LA!


The natural gas in under tremendous pressures so is oil for that matter. So one would be foolish not to wounder what will happen when the pressue is messed with. Then knowing human nature as I do, add the quest for a quick profit. Adds up to a disaster that will be of our own doing.

But this will get little attention because we are distracted by issues like Syria and their chemical attacks on fellow countrymen. But we have companies poisoning our land and water, causing earthquakes and it is alright. Because we need the energy.




Barney

I know we have been fighting it off. That would qualify as pure insanity just like running a sand oil pipeline through agricultural and underground water supplies when it is totally unnecessary in order to save a few dollars.


Carl

[merrylander]

We here on the east coast are sitting on the oldest (read settled) mountain chain in NorAm yet we have had two quakes recently - go figure.

[icenine]

I grew up in Ohio Carl the thought of even the smallest quake there was considered in the realm of science fiction lol

[BlueStreak]

Great. Just what Youngstown needs-------a Catch 22 style disaster.

Economically, it's having a much needed positive impact.

But, they either put up with the negative environmental impact or lose yet another chance at prosperity.

Dave

[hillbilly]

What caused earthquakes before humans invented anything that used oil or gas, coal, etc?

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by hillbilly

What caused earthquakes before humans invented anything that used oil or gas, coal, etc?

The earth is made up of several plates - they are called tectonic plates. At one time (according to the geologists) we were one big continent that has become what we see today by the plates sliding about on the planet's molten core. One plate may be heading north while the other is not moving and so the grind against each other (San Andreas fault).

Other plates may move directly against another plate so one dives under the other - creating a new mountain range.So yes there was a natural cause to earthquakes long before we climbed down out of the trees. That does not mean that man cannot cause quakes buggering about.