On Apr 17, 8:09*pm, jgharston wrote:
Dig the mines outside the national park and then go sideways.

heh, like Kuwait into Iraq.. Gulf War 1.


Coal mining removes a large bulk of solid material in specific areas
which can and do collapse as a result over the subsequent decades.
Shale gas extraction does not remove bulk material, what it removes is
distributed over a large area. So more likely to be trivial
earthquakes rather than the (real) problem of coal mine subsidence.

Companies using fracking chemicals are intentionally contractors, and
even those contractors will no doubt phoenix at some point to distance
liability. So making any future litigation more an "demands for
industry to face a public inquiry" with the result pre-determined and
obfuscated by paid off expert testimony. Focusing on earthquakes is
missing the elephant in the room, but that is a common ploy.