The US Geological Survey has issued it's first earthquake warning for a state east of the Rockies. Oklahoma has gone from an average of two 3.0+ earthquakes a year (1978 - 2008) to 183 (last seven months, or nearly 400 per year) since fracking operations began, and this has led to an increased possibility of a larger (5.0+) more damaging quake in the foreseeable future. This year, Oklahoma has had more earthquakes than California, and it has seen a 50% increase in quakes over 2013.
Pretty amazing. Will this kind of data stop fracking in it's tracks?
Edit - The information in my latest post below shows that 3.0 quakes and above have now hit two per day; if smaller quakes are included, Oklahoma now has more quakes per year than California...
This has been a topic in Ohio as the government has shut down fracking operations here because of earthquakes. Now if they register an earthquake the fracking has to be halted.
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Lava drives the earth's engine, man. It's natural. And if we just wait until it blows up, all that natural gas will just be *wasted*. Might as well frack it out now, it's not like we can stop it exploding anyway. And of course, those explosions are natural - there was no fracking several hundred thousand years ago, and it *still* blew up.
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Of course. Just like the scientific data about smoking stopped it. And the scientific data about carbon emissions and global warming has halted building and using coal fired energy plants. People respond reasonably and intelligently when science warns them about things that maintain their lifestyle. They respond by changing their lifestyles to take into account the new information.
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I suspect this will likely be the response.
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This is pretty cool to see this much traction.
There was a big (not really, just first I felt) in Norman my senior year.
Remember it waking me up when I was skipping class.
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The one where people ask non-rhetorical questions?
Seriously, if this kind of change does not grab people's attention, the next thing is that the state starts to experience damaging earthquakes. How long will citizens put up with that?
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Perhaps I am just pessimistic today but I think the industries which make huge amounts of money from fracking will keep pushing "doubt" as to the cause and the public won't do anything.
Seriously look at the vast number of things which we can scientifically say are true that the public still doesn't believe - number one evolution, but you can also look at the anti-vaccine movement, global climate change, etc. to see numerous issues that people still don't believe in because they can't grasp what a "theory" means.
Is the situation so clear cut with fracking that there won't be that sliver of doubt? And as long as that exists - and money to be made people won't stop.
Although as I said perhaps I am just having a pessimistic day. Probably from watching the Daily Show talking about Fox's manufactured outrage about Bengazi.
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I expect we will see funding to 'scientists' who claim that there have *always* been tremors like this, away from fault lines, and that there is no reason to believe that the fact that fracking activity began shortly before these earthquakes started points to any kind of a causal relationship and America needs the energy that tracking supplies don't you love America shutting fracking down is like shooting your grandmother and all she wanted to do was bake you a delicious apple pie you monster.
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You might even get a few industry sponsored studies stating that earthquakes are good.
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I do see why one would be pessimistic about this having any real effect. But I think earthquakes in the continental US will be harder to ignore than disappearing island states at the back end of who-cares-where.
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This is actually a topic pretty close to my heart too. We have significant natural gas deposits and Shell has been given clearance to start small scale work. It can be a significant economic driver, but the consequences have me worried. There is so much FUD around the topic.
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NPR did a report on this not too long ago as well. When i get time i'll try and look it up.
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We had an earthquake here in Oregon a few weeks ago. My wife was looking up the epicenter on the USGS site while I looked over her shoulder. When we came to the national map of earthquake events, we both stopped and went: "What the hell is happening in Oklahoma?" It was just covered in little earthquake locator dots. This isn't a minor effect. We're not talking 10% more than usual.
And the data continues to roll in. As well, Oklahoma has had damaging quakes, now. I guess they like their gas and oil money more than their houses...
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That is nuts! I grew up in Southern California and could not imagine earthquakes at triple the rate. Not that it would have effected us much as we are so blase' about quakes here. But still, wow!
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