[ExI] Cephalization, proles--Where is government going?

[Adrian Tymes]

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki
<rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki
>> <rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Of course, all the "dangers" are just theory, and poor
>>> theory too, they are designed to trigger the fear of the unknown
>>> ("radioactive contamination of water supply"? Could *you* come up with
>>> a better bugaboo to scare the masses?)
>>
>> How about "no water, because it just dropped through the
>> fractured rock, out of reach of all the wells and root systems
>> the residents were relying on"
>
> ### Think about it: What is heavier, water or rock? If you crack rock
> by injecting steam at immense pressure, with continued external
> pressure applied, and then release the steam and gas, will you end up
> with a sponge capable of absorbing water, or will the rock snap back
> into compact layers?

A sponge.  Happens all the time in canyons (this being how they
are formed).  Water is very good at seeping into these cracks.

And then there's the issue of what lies below the cracked rock, and
how much water that can absorb.