On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Craig Roth <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hmmm, I wonder if there has been any research into the mathematics of these > slowdowns and speed-ups. Maybe building a enormous dam over here can > prevent > (or lessen) an earthquake over _there_. Sort of accupressure for Gaia. :) > > loading of crustal plates doesn't travel long distances. building a large dam can cause fairly large local stress, and could certainly cause an earthquake reasonable close, but it's not going to do much at distances of more than a couple hundred miles. Oil drilling and geothermal exploitation can also have very local effects. (there are people who claim that geothermal exploitation can cause bigger scale events, but the data are non-existent, and the models rather suspect. ) -- David Scheidt [email protected] _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
