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