What’s the new frontier in scientific denial? Earthquake denial! First, fossil fuels help change the atmosphere, now they’re causing earthquakes. It’s official, this isn’t just some crackpot conspiracy theory designed to undermine the oil industry. The USGS and loads of scientists confirm that the industry practice of injecting oil and gas wastewater deep underground is causing earthquakes.
Something must be up when Oklahoma now has more earthquakes than California. Speaking of California, even though we have naturally-occurring earthquakes, the Golden State isn’t immune from the ravages of the oil and gas industry. (Or the ravages of bumbling regulators, depending on which part of the story you pursue.) Hundreds of oil wastewater disposal wells have pumped toxic filth into aquifers that had previously been fit for human consumption. Oh yeah, and there’s some kind of drought thing going on, too.
And now that the oil industry in California has pumped their sludge into our precious aquifers, they are kindly offering to water our crops— at cost, no less. Such a deal! The confluence of man-made earthquakes and spoiled aquifers got me thinking about environmental apocalypse for some reason. That’s how Three-eyed Billy was born. Enjoy the cartoon and be sure to investigate some of the links behind the animation.
Three-eyed Billy:
Hello there, future squirrel-eaters!
I’m Three-eyed Billy, here to tell you to embrace the Apocalypse!
These are exciting times, and they’re only going to get excitinger!
Who’da thought li’l ol’ humans could create real live earthquakes! Thousands of ‘em!
In the Apocalypse, God is Man and Man is God . . . or at least a buncha’ oil companies.
Turns out, if you inject billions of gallons of toxic water from oil drilling deep into the ground, what was once an act of God, is now an act of corporate profitability!
Hey, it works for climate, why not shake the very planet, too!
For jobs. And Freedom! Lotsa’ Freedom.
Like the freedom of California to water crops with waste water from oil drilling!
Or the freedom to squirt toxic sludge into drinkable aquifers!
The less water we have, the more Apocalypse there is to go around!
And plenty of heavy metals, arsenic, benzene and radioactive stuff, too!
A whole new cycle of Apocalife is just beginning!
So get your squirrel stick and conveniently-flammable oil-infused almonds, and enjoy!
Mmmm-mmmm! Deliciously apocalyptic!
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