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longship

(40,416 posts)
12. Straw man. Gees Louise!
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 12:30 AM
Aug 2013

Apparently you don't understand the argument (as Monty Python aptly stated is an intellectual process).

There are earthquakes in California all the time. They happen every day! All over the state. Regardless of fracking. (Actually, I don't know of any fracking in California. Do you?)

Again, California is part of the Ring of Fire which surrounds the Pacific Ocean and is all -- fucking all of it -- tectonically active, which means you get a lot of earthquakes and volcanos.

So you attributing an arbitrary earthquake in SoCal to fracking is just utter bullshit. Is there even any fracking being done in California? I doubt it with Governor Moonbeam back in power and the most liberal state legislature in the country.

If you post a credible source of any connection to this earthquake to fracking, I will stand down on my position and publicly apologize. I just don't think you are aware of just how many earthquakes happen in California every day and how little fracking causes them, especially if there is actually no fracking in California, let alone remotely close to this trembler.

Thanks for your replies.

I'd be a chicken little too! I've only felt one tremor in my life snappyturtle Aug 2013 #1
Thank you. I hesitated to post in case there Cleita Aug 2013 #2
Here's an earthquake monitor: snappyturtle Aug 2013 #3
M4.2 DJ13 Aug 2013 #4
Didn't know it was that mag. Cleita Aug 2013 #5
No, it's close to a plate boundary, like everywhere in California. longship Aug 2013 #6
Several plate boundaries if you must know. Cleita Aug 2013 #7
The plates slip regardless of supposed fracking. longship Aug 2013 #8
The fracking isn't imaginary, it happening and has been verified. Cleita Aug 2013 #9
Just because there's a damned earthquake doesn't mean there's fracking!!!! longship Aug 2013 #10
U R right and I should never have concerns. Tic toc. eom Cleita Aug 2013 #11
Straw man. Gees Louise! longship Aug 2013 #12
I will when I can. Cleita Aug 2013 #13
Okay, but that's a tall order. longship Aug 2013 #14
I will reply to you tomorrow when I'm at my main computer. n/t Cleita Aug 2013 #15
Looks like Petronius beat me to it. Cleita Aug 2013 #21
There is fracking going on in CA. Nt roody Aug 2013 #17
! blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #16
Truthout recently had an article about offshore fracking in CA petronius Aug 2013 #18
Didn't feel the earthquake offshore from Vandenberg AFB - CA Central Coast fracking Piedras Aug 2013 #19
I haven't been down Price Canyon in awhile. I have a doctor's appointment in SLO Monday. Cleita Aug 2013 #20
California Coastal Commission - SB 4 (Pavley) Oil and gas: well stimulation pinto Aug 2013 #22
Here's more on this. Cleita Aug 2013 #23
Yes. And the fines would fund - pinto Aug 2013 #24
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