RE: 50p psychological barrier test ON ON ON27 Aug 2019 08:39
Actually agree with the author that most eyes would just glaze over and it be seen as nitpicking but its important to get this right imho.
If the protestors would stop trying to blame Cuadrilla for earthquakes when they're not fracking and concentrate on legislation to protect from deep water injection damage i'd be on their side...
"The wastewater is pumped into separate underground disposal wells, which go far deeper than the fracked well. And it’s this injection of wastewater deep underground that seismologists say is inducing earthquakes.
This all might seem like picking at nits — after all, fracking is what made Oklahoma’s shale-oil boom viable. Reports have noted that the rise in quakes tracks the increase in waste produced since a wave of fracked wells began operating in the state. Recent data show that fracking accounts for about half of U.S. oil production.
But USGS has been at pains to correct the fracking misconception.
“We want to get the story straight of how this process works,” said Robert Williams, geophysicist for USGS"