Hydraulic fracturing does not pose a high risk for inducing earthquakes, but underground...

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wigit5 Comments (2455)
 
Well that is until one happens... I mean the odds of a nuclear reactor meltdown were pretty low... and then Fuki happened...
16 Jun 2012, 09:35 AM Reply Like

Tack Comments (9244)
 
"Climate change." LMAO. Will these clowns ever give up?
16 Jun 2012, 09:54 AM Reply Like

Rico59 Comments (119)
 
What a bunch of horseshit! Fracking pressures are minuscule compared to the seismic forces that result in earthquakes. Besides, despite decades of research, almost nothing is known about earthquake dynamics, and entirely nothing is known about predictive events. Therefore, please explain to me how the National "Research" Council can claim to "know" anything about this??

One of the biggest problems facing modern societies like the U.S. is the abysmal level of scientific literacy, making it absurdly easy to advance a POLITICAL agenda on a gullible and ignorant populace, under the cover of "Science"...
16 Jun 2012, 10:33 AM Reply Like

Tack Comments (9244)
 
Rico:

Much of that "populace" has been carefully cultivated (for over 40 years, now) in the Government's politically-correct diploma mills. They're already preconditioned to the acceptance of any pabulum served up to them, and they're becoming of age to be the generation in charge of affairs, so we can count on lots more of this nonsense.
16 Jun 2012, 10:40 AM Reply Like

Paulo Santos Comments (11654)
 
But isn't relieving the seismic stresses early a positive? That is, isn't it desirable to have this low intensity seismic activity instead of letting those seismic stresses build up until they all of a sudden produce large seismic activity?

The fluids working as a lubricant and making seismic activity more likely sees reasonable enough, though.
16 Jun 2012, 10:38 AM Reply Like

deercreekvols Comments (2908)
 
NY State has imposed a moratorium on fracking and we still have had earthquakes. Several years back, an earthquake hit WNY, the epicenter was near Ottawa. Nothing major with these earthquakes, slight tremors only, thankfully. Fracking is taking place just miles from the NY-PA border, and I am happy to report that there has been no increase in earthquakes. What a joke!

Fracking has been going on for well over fifty years. If these concerns were sound, why has there been no evidence of such?

Sounds like NY Governor Cuomo funded this report. It would give him a reason to keep the drillers out of The Empire State.
16 Jun 2012, 10:39 AM Reply Like

Paulo Santos Comments (11654)
 
Even if fracking increases seismic activity, it doesn't therefore follow that it's a negative.

Fracking will not be responsible for the forces needed to produce seismic activity - that's clearly impossible. So at most it just eases the displacements, making them occur sooner. Now, "making them occur sooner" = "making them smaller than they would otherwise be".
16 Jun 2012, 10:42 AM Reply Like

Mike Maher Comments (1749)
 
NY state recently lifted that moratorium in some counties.
16 Jun 2012, 02:35 PM Reply Like

deercreekvols Comments (2908)
 
I had heard that rallies were taking place the other day around the state to lift the moratorium. I have not heard that anything was lifted by Gov. Cuomo. Last I heard, he was "considering" lifting it.

I live in Western NY and would appreciate any further information you may have. No word in the news, too much attention on the Niagara Falls highwire walk!

NY needs a revenue stream, in my opinion. Just miles away (5 to be exact) Pennsylvania is being drilled as I type. Plenty of work and cash flowing in local communties there. I would love to see some come our way in NY.

Have a great weekend.

deercreekvols
16 Jun 2012, 04:31 PM Reply Like

Mike Maher Comments (1749)
 
They are pursuing a plan to allow fracking in some counties.


http://nyti.ms/LlGIQF
16 Jun 2012, 07:50 PM Reply Like

deercreekvols Comments (2908)
 
The counties of South Western NY include Chatauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany. None of these three, which border PA in the SW corner of the state, are mentioned as "considering" fracking. Allegany county is one of the poorest in the state and could use any positive economic news.

I appreciate the link. There was no news on any of this in local papers or on the news out of Buffalo or Rochester. Yet another reason I come to SA so often. Thanks again.

deercreekvols
17 Jun 2012, 11:00 PM Reply Like

Mike Maher Comments (1749)
 
The Wall St Journal has a Greater New York section, and I've found it usually covers anything going on in the City, or major developments in New York state. Its pretty good, and if you Google the title of most of the articles on the WSJ website that it wants you to pay for, you can read them for free.
17 Jun 2012, 11:32 PM Reply Like

Hendershott Comments (1056)
 
Geez guys, the title of the article is US study sees little earthquake risk from fracking. It doesn't say fracking is dangerous.
16 Jun 2012, 09:40 PM Reply Like

Jabberwockey Comments (26)
 
Always reminds me of the people who say they can smell natural gas from drilling nearby, then I tell them natural gas is odorless and that rotten egg smell the claim they can smell cannot be natural gas. That rotte egg smell is in fact a federally required additive during refinement/processing and does not occur naturally. They look dumbfounded when I use facts/research to completely show that they are just propaganda machines.

Fact indeed, hydraulic fracturing going on since the 50's and not one documented case of contaminated ground water.

Ironically enough, the states with the most oil and gas industry locations also have the lowest unemployment rates, i.e. TX, ND, OK, etc.....go ahead NY, make some more socially program bound.
17 Jun 2012, 01:29 AM Reply Like