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1. BigTTYGothGF · 1789753339 · focus · HN ↗

   There's a lot of people in this thread who see "North Korea" and "nuclear test" and get fired up but would otherwise shrug if it were instead, say, "Oklahoma" and "fracking".

   The supplemental information is available and says: > Our earthquake catalog consists primarily of small events with magnitudes of < 2.0 and there were 1399 of them.

   The cited Ren&al says: > The magnitudes of these seismic events primarily range from 1.5 to 2.5 and that there were 647 of them.

   USGS (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usgs.gov&#x2F;media&#x2F;images&#x2F;earthquake-and-energy-comparisons-updated-2025" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usgs.gov&#x2F;media&#x2F;images&#x2F;earthquake-and-energy-comp...) says that a magnitude 2.0 earthquake is the equivalent energy of 56kg of explosives, which is more than I&#x27;d want to be around but I think for people who actually use the stuff it&#x27;s not a lot.

   1. loeg · 1789759592 · focus · HN ↗

      It&#x27;s simple, really. Fracking has offsetting pro-social benefits in a way that NK possessing nuclear weapons does not.

      1. lazide · 1789799232 · focus · HN ↗

         NK nuclear testing has stopped them from being on the active ‘shit list’ like Iran for… decades? Or at least stopped them from being bombed.

         I’m sure they’d disagree.

         1. loeg · 1789839777 · focus · HN ↗

            That nuclear devices offer some benefit to the hereditary dictators of oppressed, impoverished North Korea does not actually make them &quot;pro-social.&quot;

            1. lazide · 1789846164 · focus · HN ↗

               as I said, i’m sure they’d disagree.

               1. loeg · 1789847773 · focus · HN ↗

                  I guess I&#x27;m not really interested in Kim Jong Un&#x27;s opinion.

                  1. lazide · 1789855379 · focus · HN ↗

                     good thing they don’t have nukes, eh?
         2. expedition32 · 1789852109 · focus · HN ↗

            A certain highly respected American general wanted to make the border between North Korea and China a literal radioactive wasteland in order to cut off Chinese reinforcements and supplies.

            We can all be very happy the US is not the sole owner of nukes lol.

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