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The point is there are many people looking into this(not just Oklahoma either, Texas, Arkansas, the list goes on) and the only plausible explanation that has be
by ahnick 12y ago
The point is there are many people looking into this(not just Oklahoma either, Texas, Arkansas, the list goes on) and the only plausible explanation that has been put forward for this sudden increase in quake activity is the result of fracking related activities. (i.e. deep wastewater injection)
There was a recent paper by a Cornell geophysicist that showed that 4 deep injection wastewater wells was responsible for a swarm of quakes in oklahoma -> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2014/05/140502-scientists-warn-of-quake-risk-from-fracking-operations/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2014/05/14050...
The bottom line is fracking is the new climate change. The Oil & Gas Industry is out there saying there is no evidence linking fracking activities to earthquakes and health issues when there absolutely is. They want to intentionally muddy the waters, so they can continue drilling and extracting shale oil. The burden of proof should not be whether fracking causes earthquakes and health issues, but rather that fracking does NOT cause earthquakes and health issues.