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Oklahoma breaks record with hundreds of earthquakes after fracking intensifies
- kazinator 12y agoDear "Stop FRACKING!" protesters, here is something: stop driving! Then after you stop driving, stop buying goods that were shipped to you thousands of miles by fossil fuel transport. Stop using plastics produced from petroleum, including fabrics, surface finishes, adhesives, lubricants, etc. Until you do that, your protests are just nimbyism. You want the benefits of the slick black stuff, just not if it's produced nearby.
- snowwrestler 12y agoThe question is whether fracking is increasing strain in faults, or releasing strain that already exists. If fracking is simply lubricating small movements along faults that are already under strain, it might actually be improving public safety. Many small earthquakes would definitely be preferable to a single big one.