Fracking and Earthquakes

Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) is one of the most insidious  methods of extracting fossil fuels from the Earth, mostly natural gas. Instead of relying on natural geographic pressures to push gas to the surface it sends pressured liquid 5,000 (1mi) to 20,000 (4mi) feet below the ground level. This pressure separates (fractures) the shale releasing the gas and pushing it to the surface. It's like injecting high pressure liquids just under your skin  to force oil out as a prevention to acne.

Relation to earthquakes

Fracking was conceived in 1947, but not widely used until 2012,  The process intentionally creates small earthquakes which the  fossil fuel industry claims are harmless, because they are so deep in the ground.  However the impact can be felt as far as 31 miles (50 kilometres) from the fracking site. It's hard to manage the earth so  often the earthquakes are greater than what the fossil fuel industry claims are the risks. Such as the earthquake in Turkey in November of 2020.

List of earthquakes related to fracking

• British Columbia Oil & Gas Commission: Investigation of Observed Seismicity in the Horn River Basin, August 2012
• CBC Fracking causes minor earthquakes, B.C. regulator says
• British Geological Survey: Fracking and Earthquake Hazard
• Cuadrilla Resources: Geomechanical Study of Bowland Shale Seismicity, 2011.
• Schlumberger Seismicity in the Oil Field
• Kansas Agland What’s known – and suspected – about induced earthquakes
• Washington County (PA) Observer Reporter DEP links quakes to fracking in 2016 Lawrence Co. event

Fracking and you

As is true with most environmentally related issues the ultimate control rests with the consumer:

• Keep your thermostat at 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degree Celsius
• Wear fleece or warmer clothes
• Eat plant based foods that require less use of natural gas cooking
• Plant based diets require less fossil fuels to produce than meat based diets
• Less carbon footprint
• Don't use air conditioning
• Contact your energy provider and and push for alternate energy
• Solar
• Wind

Zero Population Growth

 Birth Rate = Death Rate

When the birth rate is the same as the death rate, the world will be in equilibrium between humans and nature. 

ZPG Movement

In the late 1960s ZPG became a prominent political movement in the U.S. and parts of Europe, with strong links to environmentalism and feminism. Yale University was a stronghold of the ZPG activists who believed “that a constantly increasing population is responsible for many of our problems: pollution, violence, loss of values and of individual privacy.”[10] Founding fathers of the movement were Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, Richard Bowers, a Connecticut lawyer, and Professor Charles Lee Remington.  Humans were already passing the point of equilibrium in the 1960s.

Who's responsible for this?

The responsibility does not fall strictly on women.  For instance realizing back in the 70s that too many humans on the planet would be more than the planet could support, I had a vasectomy.  One of the smartest moves of my life and my wife thanked me later when she saw that the planet was heading for Global Warming Climate Change/Crisis.

Who should be responsible

China and the USA are responsible for 41% of the global greenhouse emissions   

• Chine 27% divided by 1.4 billion people equals  1.92  to the -8 exponentially per person
• USA  14% divided by 330 million equals 4,24 to the -8 exponentially per person

On a per person basis the USA is 2.2  times more contributors to Greenhouse emissions than China

Contraceptive Effectiveness

1. 100% - Abstinence
2. 99% - Contraceptive Implant
3. 99% - IUS: Intrauterine System 
4. 99% - IUD: Intrauterine Device
5. 91% - Contraceptive Patch
6. 91% - Vaginal Ring
7. 91% - The Pill (comes in several forms)
8.  82% --79% - Condoms
9. 71% -- 81% - Diaphram
10. 76% - Natural family planning

Consult your doctor before embarking on one of these

Carbon Footprints

 What you are responsible for

A lot of people think that industry is the largest creator of greenhouse gases.  However, in the aggregate most greenhouse gases globally comes from individuals. Electricity and heating counts for 25%. Agriculture for what you eat comprises 24%. Personal transportation is responsible for  14%.  Buildings like the one you live in generates 6% of emissions. That adds up to 69% for each person's responsibility.

 Too much carbon in the air leads to:

• Wildfires
• Hurricanes
• Flooding
• Respiratory problems

 Reduce your carbon footprint

• Turn your thermostat down to 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius)
• Wear fleece if you get cold easily
• Don't use air conditioning
• Turn off lights when you leave a room
• Take alternative transportation
• Bike
• Walk (run)
• Public transportation

There are 7.3 billion people on the planet.  We all need to do our part. LBJ's Science Advisory Council warned us over 55 years ago that too much carbon would create the problems we see today 

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Deforestation

Oxygenation is the second part of the carbon cycle. As we loose forests, the Earth's ability to sequester carbon is hampered. Globally the biggest reasons for deforestation are Palm Oil and Soy.   Both driven by consumer demand. Read labels when you purchase.

Palm Oil

Palm oil is found in everything from snack foods to beauty products such as hand sanitizers, skin creams, lipstick

Snack foods:

• Ice cream
• Margarine
• Coffee shop coffee
• Cookies
• Packaged bread

Non food products.

• Detergent
• Soap
• Biodiesel
• Hand sanitizers

Most deforestation for palm oil is done here:

• Malaysia
• Peru
• Guatemala
• Indonesia
• Rhodesia
• Australia

Other names for palm oil are:

• Elaeis guineensis.
• Etyl palmitate.
• Glyceryl.
• Hydrogenated palm glycerides.
• Octyl palmitate

Soy

Food products:

• Soy sauce
• Miso
• Tofu
• Vegetarian meat alternatives

Read the labels on what you purchase. Make sure you don't contribute to deforestation