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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:13 AM Original message |
Did Fracking Cause the Virginia Earthquake? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. not this time. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I question the idea that it was fracking, too. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. USGS says it's a previously known fault. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. True. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ban or minimize fracking and frequency of earthquakes drops drastically. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. I didn't know about quakes and fracking in Arkansas, West Virginia. and Texas. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. This Virginia quake seems different, but injecting waste water into rock has caused seismic activity |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. So, you'd rather have less-frequent, more severe earthquakes? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. And you got your degree in tectonics where? n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. One need not have a degree in a branch of science to be able to spot an obvious bullshit argument |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Okay then, why not take on the facts in this article posted in "New Scientist" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. It supports my point completely. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Could be... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Is there fracking in the immediate vicinity of Mineral, VA? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Occam's Razor is unknown to most people |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yes, but the principle of it is just plain common sense. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. No angry comments from me! |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. There is, however, man-made compression in that area. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I would think that one way of determining if that lake has any effect |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Interesting. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Gold mines are generally deeper than even coal mines |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. The lake began filling in 1972. It was full in 18 months. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I guess I should have said "underground mining" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Right. I don't think there was much of that in VA. It was the early |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. After scrolling down through that list, |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Yup. There you go. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Well, you do have to consider |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. +1 - nt |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. The mother fracker, Eric Cantor, is from that region. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. There is hydrofracking going on about 160 miles away from Mineral, VA on the Marcellus Shale |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. No effect on the epicenter of the earthquake. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. None at all? Not anything? I find people that talk in absolutes to be usually |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Is that what you find? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. No...nt |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. No - New Madrid fault line is right between the 5.3 and 5.8 |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The New Madrid Fault is not connected in any way to either the |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It's still interesting to note that |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. No. It's not really interesting to note that. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well, it's not interesting to you |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Believe what you want. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You could have fooled me n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. When I respond to a post, I am not just responding to the poster. |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. ! |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. Fracking doesn't have nearly the energy to cause an earthquake |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Not really disinformation, but incorrect association by people |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. Kudos to MineralMan for not "faulting" anyone for asking the question |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
18. Could be |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Actually, the Virginia quake is in a known seismic zone. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Ok lets say I'm wrong |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I can't answer that question. It could, if the injected fluids were |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Great |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Why would a company do that? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. A typical gas well drilled in multiple directions and fracked cost |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. DAMN YOU! You uncovered my evil plan! |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. Oh please, everyone knows it was 'teh gay' marriage. nt |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
23. There are plenty of good, solid reasons to oppose fracking without... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. I wonder if a relatively rapid weight imbalance could occur from |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Again, probably not. It's all a matter of how deep the faults are and |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. Wait 5 minutes |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. Pigeons on the World Trade Center |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
49. HAARP! |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. And people wonder why I automatically dismiss everything from "opednews" ROFL, off to the dungeon |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
57. *** |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
63. I don't want to bust anyone's bubble, but there is no gas drilling where the earthquake took place |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. It's highly unlikely that any fraking being done 160 miles away caused this. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I'm glad the improbable speculation has drawn attention to fracking techniques. |
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