Oil and gas operations can cause earthquakes: study

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Opinions Jun. 18, 2012 - 06:36AM JST ( 8 )

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REMzzzJun. 17, 2012 - 07:37AM JST

Fracking however drives metane into people's well water, to the point that you can set the tap on fire when you turn on the water. Leads to accidents and wastes methane that could otherwise be burned to produce energy, considering that methane is more of a greenhouse gas than CO2. Hopefully something will be done in the future to improve efficiency and deal with the methane issue in a reasonable way.
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gaijinfoJun. 17, 2012 - 09:06AM JST

This is a fairly new technology. With so much oil available (enough to last the states over 200 years) that's KNOWN at this time, hopefully science will figure a way out. If companies were allowed to drill in just a few places, gas prices would plummet.
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Jonathan HuntJun. 17, 2012 - 03:01PM JST

Isn't this old news?
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Darren BrannanJun. 17, 2012 - 03:57PM JST

where I live in the Hunter Valley is Frack central.Mining companies have way too much power.
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Frank VaughnJun. 17, 2012 - 04:35PM JST

Common sense would tell you that by either taking something out of the ground or by putting something into the ground under pressure you are going to change the stresses down there. So small tremors are the logical outcome of this, just hope the small ones don't trigger BIG ones.
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svidetic@gmail.comJun. 18, 2012 - 12:55AM JST

yeah, and meeting with other planets, and the impact of their weight pressure does not make sense.

and raising the planet earth due to absorb the sun's heat has nothing to do
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JapanGalJun. 18, 2012 - 01:53PM JST

Can they frack in Japan? There is a lot of coal here.
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GWJun. 18, 2012 - 09:34PM JST

I think some politicians want more people to get fracking, but to make something other than petroleum products.......