I was talking to my Sharon* and noted that she would never guess the latest place where the consequences of fracking.
She declined to guess, and I told her that it was Oklahoma, where they are freaking out over a 300 fold increase in the number of earthquakes brought on by rejecting waste water into deep wells.
This generated a blank look from my wife, and I said that pumping the water deep under ground causes earthquakes.
I got another blank look, and I explained how the water, when injected deep underground, lubricates between faults, and that the lubrication translates into more motion, Kind of Like Sex.
I got a “what the f%$# are you talking about?” look from her, so I further explained that proper lubrication allows for more motion.
And then I got That look from her.
If you have ever been married, you know the look that I’m talking about, the one that has you worrying about her sharp knives ……… and then you start to worry about her dull knives.
*Love of my life, light of the cosmos, she who must be obeyed, my wife.