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The politics of fracking are predictable: liberals are against it, and conservatives are really, really, really for it. I don't know why. When big corporations want to do something, conservatives say, "yes sir!" apparently. But will they still feel that way if fracking causes a really big quake? What if Opryland or the Indy track get sucked into the earth? What then?
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Ohio Earthquake Linked To Fracking Injection Wells
On New Year’s Eve, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck northeastern Ohio, the second quake to strike the region in a week. Saturday’s earthquake, which occurred in an area not typically known for this type of natural disaster, is being traced back to fluid injection wells at a Youngstown fracking site. . .
Read more at: Think Progress
Even if fracking is proved to cause earthquakes, the corporate plutocrats will still be for it. They love to socialize risk and privatize profits, and fracking is probably the most obvious example of that. The gas company takes the profits, and FEMA pays for the earthquake recovery efforts.
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