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There are two things about this article that really piss me off.
1) The headline states that the earthquakes are linked to Fracing, but the article is about disposal wells, which are two totally different operations. They say they're linked to fracing because they're disposing of frac fluid. How exactly is that a connection? That's like saying nachos are linked to drunk driving because a lot of bars serve nachos.
2) If you're going to write an article about a subject, at least get the lingo correct.
NO ONE in the undustry calls it "Fracking" becasue we all know that there is no "k" in "Fracturing"
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The article doesn't have much to do with frac'ing at all, just the headline.
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"Our scientists cite a series of examples for which an uptick in seismic activity is observed in areas where the disposal of wastewater through deep-well injection increased significantly,” David Hayes, the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, said in a blog post yesterday, describing research by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey
The study is linking water disposal wells with seismic activity, not the producing wells that are being fractured. They could ban frac'ing outright and it wouldn't solve this problem.
Potash Mining in Saskatchewan has led to the same thing. But I think to call these earthquakes is fear mongering.
The more important issue around fracking is proper disposal of the frack fluid when it comes back to the surface and properly designed and monitored ponds during operations to prevent ground water contamination.
There are two things about this article that really piss me off.
1) The headline states that the earthquakes are linked to Fracing, but the article is about disposal wells, which are two totally different operations. They say they're linked to fracing because they're disposing of frac fluid. How exactly is that a connection? That's like saying nachos are linked to drunk driving because a lot of bars serve nachos.
2) If you're going to write an article about a subject, at least get the lingo correct.
NO ONE in the undustry calls it "Fracking" becasue we all know that there is no "k" in "Fracturing"
I subscribe to Rolling Stone, and the had this in one of their last issues. Apparently they're predicting a "Fracking Bubble"....? It seems like there are a few speculators out there making a shilling or two on the process (keep in mind RS is pretty left wing in their articles though).
Aubrey McClendon, America's second-largest producer of natural gas, has never been afraid of a fight. He has become a billionaire by directing his company, Chesapeake Energy, to blast apart gas-soaked rocks a mile underground and pump the fuel to the surface. "We're the biggest frackers in the world," he declares proudly over a $400 bottle of French Bordeaux at a restaurant he co-owns in his hometown of Oklahoma City. "We frack all the time. What's the big deal?"
tried to frack last night, but she had a headache again - I think it is time to see a doctor, it is not normal for a headache to last several years. so this issue is clearly not my fault. The rest of you guys must be fracking to long and hard........
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2) If you're going to write an article about a subject, at least get the lingo correct.
NO ONE in the undustry calls it "Fracking" becasue we all know that there is no "k" in "Fracturing"
2) If you're going to write an article about a subject, at least get the lingo correct.
NO ONE in the undustry calls it "Fracking" becasue we all know that there is no "k" in "Fracturing"
This is language that is adopted by the same folks who like to call bitumen deposits "tar sands".
I'd love for everyone to just stick with a standard way to write it. I've seen fracking, fracing, fraccing, frac'ing etc. in news paper articles, peer reviewed journals, company releases and so on. I wrote one article with fracing and was asked to change it to fracking to increase our readership accessibility outside of O&G. . .
Fracking Tied to Unusual Rise in Earthquakes in U.S.
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