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Deep Well Injection is triggering earthquakes.
U.S. Government Confirms Link Between Earthquakes and Hydraulic Fracturing
Seeded on Wed Nov 9, 2011 12:43 PM EST
Article Source: Oil Price
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It seems likely that Washington will eventually be forced to address the issue, as the U.S. Army and the USGS have noted a causal link between the forced injection of liquids underground and increased seismic activity. While the Oklahoma quake caused a deal of property damage, had lives been lost, the policy would most certainly have come under increased scrutiny from the legal community.
While polluting a local community’s water supply is a local tragedy barely heard inside the Beltway, an earthquake ranging from Oklahoma to Illinois, Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas is an issue that might yet shake voters out of their torpor, and national elections are slightly less than a year away.
Next Frontier in Natural Gas Wars: Psy Ops
It's one thing to say that Pennsylvania has become a battleground in the debate over natural gas extraction. But it's quite another to actually endorse and employ counterinsurgency tactics to fight opponents of hydraulic fracturing, the controversial process used to extract the gas from the ground. But that appears to be exactly what industry insiders called for at a recent conference.
CNBC, which obtained the audio from the event, has the report. In the audio files, recorded by an environmental campaigner from Earthworks, one industry insider suggests that those who oppose gas drilling constitute an "insurgency." Another advocates hiring former military psychological operations specialists to handle local populations.
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#1 - Wed Nov 9, 2011 12:46 PM ESTDuring Bush W.'s presidency, there were some eerily coincidental earthquakes that hit several Axis of Evil countries. Wonder if his drilling buddies were able to create those earthquakes, and shake up the enemy.
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Some bad news for you. The Oklahoma earthquake was not caused by fracking. End of story.
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#2 - Wed Nov 9, 2011 1:31 PM ESTFracking Pros And Cons: Weighing In On Hydraulic Fracturing
Huffington Post - 1 hour ago
Conversely, environmental activists caution that the potential dangers of the fracking process have not been fully evaluated and may not be worth the risk. ...
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Robertson? I was quoting a geologist. Fracking has been done for a long, long time in this country. These stories are just playing on your fear and ignorance.
There is a difference between a harmless shallow earth tremor and an earthquake.
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We can’t get a break trying to be energy self-sustaining looking for domestic resources in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas. The 5.6 earth quake that rattled Oklahoma was a wakeup call about methods in subtle seismic proportion. The When using forced injections of liquids looking for resources of oil and natural gas “Hydraulic fracturing” is possibly producing small earth quakes and creating leaks that impact the water supply. The report says Oklahoma typically may be subject to 1,047 quakes a year now!
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#3 - Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:14 AM ESTCastor,
And you know this how? Just saying it over and over doesn't make it so. How about a quote from the USGS or the Army Corp. of Engineers? Post a link from the people who study earthquakes for a living and probably know better than your fossil fuel masters (or are at least more open and honest).
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Brain fart...
Trying to be an optimist here, ....
Would it be possible that ... the fracking triggered minor quakes to alleviate a larger one in the future?
Like say we start fracking the san andreas, and trigger off a series of "Minor" quakes to release stress that could be adding up for the "big one"...
I get that this is ... fairly unpredictable but... I'm just thinking maybe beneficial.. or is it all and all bad bad bad?
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#5 - Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:38 PM ESTOr a minor, fractured quake could let loose a larger, stable fault.
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Won't happen because fracking is about one mile deep and the earthquake is 4 to 5 miles deep at least. Do your homework. Don't let them play you for a sucker.
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Actually fracking and injection happens at depths from 1 to 4 miles deep. According to the Oklahoma Geological Survey, the recent Oklahoma quakes were typically shallow at 3 miles deep. Most Oklahoma quakes are shallow and happen between 3 and 10 miles deep. Do your homework. Don't let them play you for a sucker Castor.
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Even were there no threat of fracking causing earthquakes, natural gas is still a very dirty fuel source when one considers the cradle to grave environmental effects. Significant groundwater, surfacewater, land and air pollution are documented results of fracking. While it may burn cleaner than other fossil fuels, it's just as, if not more dangerous environmentally when all aspects are considered.
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