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Kansas and Oklahoma are not known for earthquakes. Now they're regular. This does seem to correspond with increased aggressive activity in recovering oil. The depths where the quakes originate and the oil activity is taking place don't correspond well, so that seems to raise some doubt about cause and effect.
In my opinion, the overwhelming causal effect is oil recovery activity. There's a technology issue that corresponds to the timing of the increased quake activity that's hard to ignore.
But, what do the quakes cost? From time to time a piece of china or glassware falls off a shelf. From time to time, some cracks form in masonry. I get a lot more cracks in the brick and concrete work around my house from wet and dry cycles than anyone is getting from earthquake damage.
A lot of landowners are making money off of the prrspect of additional oil reserves that can be tapped on their property. Oil companies are re3covering oil that was unreachable prior to the earthquakes. Every barrel of oil produced in the USA is a barrel we don't need to import from troubled areas, such as Iraq.
I don't see the big deal about the quakes. From time to time there are some broken dishes. To maintain control of oil reserves in the Middle East, there are casualties (dead soldiers) from time to time. I prefer some broken dishes.
I think we're going after unpumped reserves too early. The practical solution is to pump the rest of the world dry, defend borders to the max, and then go after the last domestic reserves. In the long run, the place with the last remaining energy reserves wins. Going after the big money now is not the best long-term plan.
In my opinion, the overwhelming causal effect is oil recovery activity. There's a technology issue that corresponds to the timing of the increased quake activity that's hard to ignore.
But, what do the quakes cost? From time to time a piece of china or glassware falls off a shelf. From time to time, some cracks form in masonry. I get a lot more cracks in the brick and concrete work around my house from wet and dry cycles than anyone is getting from earthquake damage.
A lot of landowners are making money off of the prrspect of additional oil reserves that can be tapped on their property. Oil companies are re3covering oil that was unreachable prior to the earthquakes. Every barrel of oil produced in the USA is a barrel we don't need to import from troubled areas, such as Iraq.
I don't see the big deal about the quakes. From time to time there are some broken dishes. To maintain control of oil reserves in the Middle East, there are casualties (dead soldiers) from time to time. I prefer some broken dishes.
I think we're going after unpumped reserves too early. The practical solution is to pump the rest of the world dry, defend borders to the max, and then go after the last domestic reserves. In the long run, the place with the last remaining energy reserves wins. Going after the big money now is not the best long-term plan.
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