Since the beginning of 2015, almost 40 earthquakes of magnitude 2.0 or higher have been recorded in the Dallas area of Texas.
Over the past seven years, Northern Texas has experienced over 130 earthquakes, as opposed to only ONE in the 58 years prior to 2008. These conditions lean heavily towards the idea of induced quakes. The earthquakes have been induced by humans using a technique to harvest natural gas called hydraulic fracturing.
Commonly known as "fracking," hydraulic fracturing is the process of directly injecting fluid into the crust of Earth's surface in order to force natural gases out of the Earth for human use.The actual fracking doesn't seem to be the issue, according to scientists, but the disposal of the wastewater from fracking. The wastewater is composed of a lot of dangerous chemicals, and the most common method of disposal is to drill a hole deep into the Earth's surface and just dump it all in there. This can cause buildups of natural gas that eventually bubble up and force themselves out, presumably causing the spike in seismic activity.
Obviously this cannot continue if we wish to not destroy Texas and save Tony Romo. End Fracking 2015.
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