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 Stories About: advice AND Ask Umbra AND oil and gas drilling
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Shaky Reasoning
On oil drilling and seismic activity |
Umbra Fisk |
13 Sep 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, How is drilling for oil affecting the stabilization of our planet? I wonder how much all the drilling is disturbing the earth's crust. Could this be part of the problem causing tsunamis, earthquakes, and tidal waves? Susan Milliner Cedar Park, Texas Dearest Susan, Oil and gas drilling can do all kinds of nasty things to the earth -- including contaminating groundwater, leaving giant waste pits behind (no ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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