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To: average joe who wrote (398906)	7/15/2008 11:43:32 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575980

"Drilling through a fault, even with casing, risks the same thing happening." Drilling in that area might relieve pressure on the fault and prevent future earthquakes. One of the more idiotic statements made on this thread. Seismic science is so exact now that we know how to drill a fault into quietude??? Link please.

To: average joe who wrote (398906)	7/15/2008 10:37:09 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575980

"Drilling in that area might relieve pressure on the fault and prevent future earthquakes." The pressures involved are two totally different scales. Even if the oil and gas was deep enough to make a difference. In the cases I know of, earthquakes occur at a depth far below what we can drill. Now, the cracks of the fault lines can, and do, extend to the surface. Like in the Santa Barbara situation. But that doesn't mean the oil can seep down there.