Surviving Capitalism (Not) : It's Official: Human Activity Can Cause Earthquakes

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, August 25, 2011

It's Official: Human Activity Can Cause Earthquakes

Click here to access article from Washington's Blog.

This prolific blogger has uncovered substantial scientific evidence that extraction and injection of fluids in the subsurface has caused earthquakes. This, of course, directly poses concerns over hydro-fracturing of shale to extract gas which has been seen as the next great energy source fueling the capitalist engine.