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Sun Apr 8, 2012, 09:33 PM

23. I do not doubt your experience but I will tell you very honestly that I worked with my dad who

was a pioneer in 'fracking' technology (before that we just dropped vials of nitroglycerine down the hole and let it blow open the downhole formation) in southern Illinois (Marion and Jefferson counties) more than 45 years ago and there have been zero earthquakes in that part of the world. I don't think there is enough data to make a conclusion, but I do realize that people want instant results these days.

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33 replies	Author	Time	Post
Study Ties Oil, Gas Production to Midwest Quakes [View all]	muriel_volestrangler	Apr 2012	OP
From what I am reading - the earth is now	truedelphi	Apr 2012	#1
Ohio Earthquake Likely Caused by Fracking Wastewater	appleannie1	Apr 2012	#2
Of course its familiar...	Moostache	Apr 2012	#3
Agree so much with you! "The whole thing disgusts me." I'm sooo fed up with	RKP5637	Apr 2012	#4
If they are small earthquakes is there a problem?	dkf	Apr 2012	#5
A small earthquake woke me up out of a sound sleep	fasttense	Apr 2012	#10
A follow-up post talks about the distribution by strength	muriel_volestrangler	Apr 2012	#15
Awesome!	Quantess	Apr 2012	#6
"D'oh." _ Mom	Gibby	Apr 2012	#7
I'll gladly take an occasional small earthquake instead of $10 a gallon gas!	Air Marshal8	Apr 2012	#8
How does NOT having frequent small earthquakes	fasttense	Apr 2012	#11
I'm sorry, I don't get the joke.	Air Marshal8	Apr 2012	#12
It is NOT a joke.	fasttense	Apr 2012	#19
I tried to explain that they are not. Take it up with the OP who seems to think otherwise.	Air Marshal8	Apr 2012	#25
I prefer the water from my tap not catch fire. And more expensive gas will only speed up	peacebird	Apr 2012	#13
This is not from oil drilling.	mwdem	Apr 2012	#14
Most gas wells are serendipity from a drill for petroleum. If there's not much oil, there is often	Air Marshal8	Apr 2012	#17
Fracking has been done extensively in Cleburne, Tx.	mwdem	Apr 2012	#20
I do not doubt your experience but I will tell you very honestly that I worked with my dad who	Air Marshal8	Apr 2012	#23
i do know that Haliburton contributes mightily	mwdem	Apr 2012	#27
Cheaper gas now, civilization-crushing global warming in 20-30 years	NickB79	Apr 2012	#18
Indeed...let's just shut off the supply of gasoline and hope they will thank us.	Air Marshal8	Apr 2012	#24
You really don't appreciate the danger we've placed future generations in, do you? nt	NickB79	Apr 2012	#28
Everything we do creates dangers for descendants. There is no perfect safety for humans.	Air Marshal8	Apr 2012	#29
In other news, Crack Addict will gladly burn down own house, instead of paying more for crack.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2012	#33
I thought this might be the case.	Uncle Joe	Apr 2012	#9
used to wonder if the cavitation...	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#16
Similar data must be found in non-fossil-fuel areas.	Beartracks	Apr 2012	#21
And this increases the probability of a nuclear meltdown. nt	bananas	Apr 2012	#22
Not to mention the virtual certainty that a large asteroid will fall on Philadelphia.	Air Marshal8	Apr 2012	#26
Do you have a link depicting a cause/effect relationship between an earthquake and an asteroid	Uncle Joe	Apr 2012	#30
No, there is no cause and effect. I didn't even claim there was.	Air Marshal8	Apr 2012	#31
I had the impression you were diminishing bananas' point by equating something within our limited	Uncle Joe	Apr 2012	#32

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