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4. And we're supposed to leave a lot of it in the ground if we're going to have any chance of

Reply to NonMetro (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 02:58 AM

Sep 2015

avoiding runaway global warming.

In The Future, People Will Look Back On This And See How desperate we were for oil - to the point where we are literally breaking up the crust of the earth to squeeze every drop out of the rocks. ... We're like addicts ...

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How one US state went from two quakes a year to 585 (Oklahoma, fracking) [View all] progree Sep 2015 OP

"Who knows how much damage is being caused statewide" Nihil Sep 2015 #1

In The Future, People Will Look Back On This And See NonMetro Sep 2015 #2

And we're supposed to leave a lot of it in the ground if we're going to have any chance of progree Sep 2015 #4

And everyone I know has purchased earthquake insurance. I bought it, too. At first, the insurance Tess49 Sep 2015 #3

The insurance commissioner of Oklahoma is imposing job-killing guvmint regulations? progree Sep 2015 #5