more then a dozen residents in Greenbrier
arkansas are suing fracking companies over earthquakes that have been linked
to fracking
and up greenbriar arkansas isn't the only
city where their experiencing this issue I you also see this happening in
Youngstown Ohio
so we actually have a CBS evening news report that explains why this happens
so we'll take a look at that and I'll explain more about the story these
earthquakes
were sitting there waiting to happen we have triggered the SIR
quacks Armbruster believes the trigger was this Youngstown well the disposes a
contaminated water
trucked in from pennsylvania and beyond water is a byproduct
oil and natural gas extraction called fracking
the disposal well pumped thousands of gallons of the waste into rock a mile or
more below
Armbruster says the flu it may have made its way and went forth quake fault line
pumping the fluid into the fault encourages the fault
to slip so there you go there you have it you know how this is
you know happening right now and one thing that I should know is a lot of
these companies that do the fracking
have decided to stop fracking in those particular areas because the earthquakes
that they have cost
however the number earthquakes that youngstown ohio has experienced is
insane
so we never really had. any a seismic activity there
until the fracking started in Youngstown Ohio a recent study linked a spate over
100 earthquakes 109 to be exact to the process used to dispose of wastewater
from hydraulic fracturing or fracking
and I should note that one I love the earthquakes was a magnitude 3.9
so people did not expect that and of course
you live in an area where you don't experience are going to like while what
the hell is that
so in Greenbrier Arkansas they had similar experience in 12 residents have
got together to file
five lawsuits against the fracking companies
and you know of course we'll see how that goes but the companies basically
make the argument that
hey we realize that there was a problem and we stopped afterward
so as a result you guys to just drop the lawsuits and leave us alone
yeah so you wanna quotes here is in Greenbrier Arkansas there were hundreds
of small earthquakes
but thousands so I but I like the Youngstown Ohio example even better with
they went from zero to 100 night
she I wonder which way the evidence tells me
was hard to tell which way tells because the meter is like going like this
confidently
yep so I look it seems pretty clear now they're so
looked is disadvantages to acquiring energy
it so many different ways right so the energy conversation is to be complicated
but it doesn't help if you ignore facts and
their friend you have some upsides right but one other
clear clear downsize appears to be the cause earthquakes
or intensified the number of projects that are happening
that seems pretty clear at this point if you hear someone denying it
it's likely because they're making money from the opposite direction
I think when you see that video the animation what fracking what they
actually have to do and I'm sure you guys will see in the video site YouTube
where people turn on the water and light and then it just explodes into a ball of
flames
spy many proves every science fiction movie that I love
about the future how we are literally going to destroy the planet because
we're drilling into our waters blowing up on fire
water shouldn't turn into fire as far as I know generally here I mean it
I don't think I saw easy a but the whole point of the movie is that
earth is destroyed and then the rich people all have to go to this thing
that's hanging around our
our atmosphere and work toward getting there were genuinely get there we have
people like
Richard Branson are are making your space station for us to go to
well here we're all sitting here drinking firework I'm just wondering how
much evidence we need to finally start investing in renewable energy I mean I
get it as soon as the Obama administration does it and lets a
company like Solyndra fails
republicans will jump on that corporate is would jump on that and make that
a prime example whites a bad idea but if you're really thinking about
you know the the long-term sustainability ove
our entire planet we need to focus on renewable energy I mean
study after study incident after incident proves that and it we gotta get
real about it i mean we're really running out of time
I it reminds me of the the Texas entrepreneur that
I do the same in a recently ham his work future Republican donor he was going to
be
the top energy adviser for Mitt Romney which is hilarious kisses with
is a seventy richest man in the world when he got his money %uh
on shale or right and and he says
no no renewable energy he shouldn't have subsidies that's government intervening
they point out to him but we meet you have giant subsidies
for your business is I know but I need those you
and by the way of that year I think he doesn't at all
is a 78 richest man and his company makes billions in profit he doesn't need
those subsidies
at all will he also said that you know we can't do wind energy because those
things up
on you when you see them we don't have to the story today but we had it
ready to go and that they did this massive study in that these wind
farms don't actually decrease the value homes nearby and things like that
and beget like it the problem really is that when it comes to the fracking when
it comes to
the burning of fossil flute fuels that we believe is pretty clearly linked to
our
increasing global temperatures they don't need to win the argument
they simply need to wait and make it difficult like to do anything in terms
of policy
and they just suck the way on the ground for a few more years for a few more
decades
who cares that dooms us to losing our entire eastern coastline
thats they wanna make that money and then dot you know only thing I would
like to have a care that's why I think it's passe that if you turn on Fox News
if a bird happens to get killed in a wind turbine thing oreilly literally
does a half hour
that a bird bird flew into thing because we're screwed up there are passages in
but but but
and yet we have BP oil spills that wipe out massive amounts of wildlife and
destroy
you know a ecosystem to locate the craziness
but somehow if one weird thing happens with the renewable energy source my god
we've gotta help they love the birds ate
I know you also have to keep in mind that the oil rigs are really really
attracted well yeah
we keep yeah you know yeah good
my favorite is the republican congressman who say will get
the good Lord put the oil on the ground so we can day going to use it for energy
so the good Lord didn't give us the window this I have my support we can do
that yeah this year
that the good lord's responsible for that too in the movie reference I prefer
is you not to go to really seem all go to Lord of the Rings the
where the dwarves and we keep digging and digging into the earth
and what we gonna do eventually we're gonna release the Bell Rock there