Most people know that fossil fuel consumption impacts air quality locally and globally and that aerosol use affects the ozone layer. Now that oil well drilling, coal mining, and natural gas digging industries have virtually exhausted Earth's capacity to provide natural resources for fuel in these areas, is there a means to measure the impact of these activities upon Planet Earth? Do scientific studies exist, and, if so, what quantitative results have already been reported among specialist communities and/or by media to inform the general public?
Even though it may be too late to take corrective action to mitigate irreparable harm to Planet Earth, perhaps scientific facts resulting from investigative inquiries pertaining to Planet Earth will influence the ways and means aspects of current projects for appropriating and industrialization involving Earth's Moon. If the impact of industrialization and appropriation of Earth's natural resources can be expressed quantitatively, then could a ratio be calculated to indicate a maximal limit beyond which lunar appropriation would predictably impinge on the delicate balance between Earth and Moon? Is global climate change, including violent storms previously associated with Planet Jupiter which have virtually disappeared there but seemingly reappeared on Planet Earth, more manageable than we think? Might it not be possible to avoid future mistakes in our exploration of Earth's lunar counterpart by collecting data from our appropriation of Earth's natural resources, loading it into computers, and predicting outcomes in paradigmatic comparative quantitative (and qualitative) studies with Earth's Moon?
Submitted July 12, 2019 by Nancy A. Watanabe, Ph.D., Comparative Literature
Thanks to Nancy Ann Watanabe for your interdisciplinary question . Earthquake is the specialized topic for GEOPHYSICAL people . But as per my opinion you can
take a set of data of drilling of Fossil fuels vs Rictor Scale reading already happened . Then you can go through a STAT HYPOTHESIS testing to find out the
correlation and simulation also .
July 15, 2019
An article in _Scientific Reports_ (10 July 2017) asserts " A well-established injection experiment in the 1960s demonstrates that humans can influence earthquake occurrence by pumping water in the subsurface" (1,2). This SR article strongly suggests that earthquakes are not all "acts of God." My original inquiry pertains to a century of "injections" by oil well drilling, coal mining, and natural gas harvesting and the cause-and-effect relationship with earthquakes on Earth. My purpose is to prove the necessity of scientists, whether funded by national governments or private corporations, performing preliminary investigations and producing for public consideration by all nations, e.g., an international congress for all matters pertaining to the moon (exploration, commercial development, habitation, et cetera) numerous environmental impact reports focusing on, but not limited to, any and all human activities conducted on Earth's moon.
While the USA and China have already begun exploration and planning to appropriate Earth's moon's natural resources, to my knowledge, little or nothing is being accomplished to avoid repeating the mistakes made during the European Renaissance, including appropriation by empires of raw materials in Africa, Asia, America, and the Caribbean using slave laborers (human capital) and depriving nature lovers (indigenous Amerindian and aboriginal tribes) of their human right to happiness.
(1) (PDF) The Pawnee earthquake as a result of the interplay among injection, faults and foreshocks. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318323848_The_Pawnee_earthquake_as_a_result_of_the_interplay_among_injection_faults_and_foreshocks [accessed Jul 15 2019].
Hi Nancy
There are millions of "quakes" every year, most so faint you don't hear about them or even notice. So you'd need to frame your question with a definition of earthquakes. Otherwise, your percentage answer will appear insignificant.
There are consequences of dam building - environmental, social and geological to name a few. An example is China's three Gorges dam. See: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/may/19/china-three-gorges-dam
I'm sure you will find better evidence on say, Google Scholar.
You might want to re-consider your question away from "percentage" to what "consequences" can flow from dam construction and point to specific situations to support your conclusions..
July 16, 2019
Hi, Geoff,
Yes, I know that seismologists are recording hundreds of small earthquakes that do not make news broadcasts, but my reason for using the word "percentage" is I wanted to compare the precise point you raise about differentiating a "small earthquake" from larger ones on planet Earth and then to formulate proportionately what would be a "large earthquake" on the Moon.
Even though the current amount of water on the Moon is much less than on Earth, there appears to be a correlation between earthquakes and tsunami waves, for example. There are so many questions even if discussion is limited to Earth. But because Earth is so much larger than the Moon, I figure that small geological and meteorological events on Earth would be magnified proportionately on the Moon because the Moon is so very much smaller than Earth. I feel that it is critical that environmental impact reports be written by scientific, mathematical, planetary and other experts before plans are made by the USA, China, and other nations to make elaborate preparations to commercially exploit the Moon's resources. Furthermore, the current attitude toward Moon exploration is to view the Moon merely as a "launching pad" for the bigger objective of sending eager tourists and colonizers to Mars. I believe that computer scientists can help by tapping in to the predictive capabilities of technological tools and translating scientific factual data into probability charts, like on a chess board, so that cause-and-effect outcomes for any given action taken by private and/or government entities will have been given considerable forethought.
Thank you for your input! I hope this clarifies my use of the word "percentage."
Sincerely
Nancy
Fracking is known to contribute to incidences of earthquakes. Oklahoma State in the USA is a good example. For more info see https://earthworks.org/issues/fracking_earthquakes/