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Earthquake Fear Ends Dutch Gas Boom

posted by mrpg on Thursday September 27 2018, @05:09AM   
from the 2030? dept.

chromas (from IRC) writes:

Earthquake fear ends Dutch gas boom:

The Dutch are proud of the way they have created a country by fighting back the ocean—but when they started making their own earthquakes it proved a step too far.

The tiny village of Zeerijp in the northern Netherlands looks ordinary on the surface, yet closer inspection reveals cracks in homes, schools and historic buildings.

A series of quakes caused by extractions at Europe's biggest gas field in Groningen province culminated in a 3.4-magnitude tremor in January, the biggest for six years.

[...] Facing a wave of public anger over the threat to life and limb, the Dutch government announced that all gas extraction from Groningen will end by 2030.

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• Re:bah! Re:bah! (Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 27 2018, @04:52PM (1 child)

  by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 27 2018, @04:52PM (#740860) Journal

  Wouldn't that be better than no decision then?

  It would be if it made a difference. What they 'show' is a reflection of the people who put them where they are.

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• Re:bah! (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday September 27 2018, @05:36PM

  by The Mighty Buzzard (18) <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday September 27 2018, @05:36PM (#740892) Homepage Journal

  Excellent point.

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