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Environment & Energy

Bill USA

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7. and with Earthquakes you should have fracturing of rock stratas. And with new fractures, doesn't

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 06:52 PM

Jun 2015

that present a possibility of the injected chemicals and water finding their way up to the levels where the ground water is supposed to be? ... which the (mother) frackers said would not be fouled by fracking activity (because they are injecting below where the ground water resides).

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Sixfold increase in US earthquakes may be caused by injection wells, say scientists [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jun 2015 OP

No fucking shit... pipoman Jun 2015 #1

I posted this because the increase in numbers is just staggering! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2015 #2

Not to mention swarms of quakes in areas that were geologically stable Warpy Jun 2015 #3

The fact that it's still going on means too few people are aware - or care. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2015 #4

It's option 2: It is very well known but too few people care. Nihil Jun 2015 #6

LIBERAL LIES!!! brett_jv Jun 2015 #5

and with Earthquakes you should have fracturing of rock stratas. And with new fractures, doesn't Bill USA Jun 2015 #7

But earthquakes are usually classified as "An Act of God" ... Nihil Jun 2015 #8