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At least according to the second paragraph of TFA, the problem wasn't the amount of energy they took out of the ground. It was all the fracking.
by bunderbunder 8y ago
At least according to the second paragraph of TFA, the problem wasn't the amount of energy they took out of the ground. It was all the fracking.
- ThomPete 8y agoWhich shouldn't be confused with the type of fracking we normally do.
- vonmoltke 8y agoHow is it different?
- olliej 8y agoPresumably the answer is “because magic”
- ThomPete 8y agoNormal fracking doesent create earthquakes.
- bunderbunder 8y agoI've not seen a credible source say that. The closest I've seen is sources saying that fracking itself only explains a minority of the increase in earthquakes in places like Oklahoma, and that the majority are more properly attributed to other things, particularly the wastewater injection wells that fracking operations use to dispose of all the wastewater that fracking produces. Which is such an amazingly damn hair-splitty distinction to most of us, but I can see where a spin doctor could have lots of fun with it.