I can stick a book on my pocket and know that when I pull it out it will still work. E-book readers are way to easy to break. Was reading my kindle in bed went to refill my coffee sat back in bed and crunch 300 dollars in the waste basket.

I don't know why you all are being deliberately ignorant. The underground fire has been burning since the eighties. The fire was started by a certain oil company that claims to be cleaner and greener. They injected super heated air into several wells to improve oil recovery. When the soil moisture drops, poof, you get surface fires, poisonous vents etc. Tapping the energy from these outcroppings is hazardous. Poison gas (H2S)extreme unpredictable heat and sink holes just to name a few hazards. In Granada Hills PG&E injected massive quantities of natural gas in the ground as a means of storage. Unfortunately the gas found its way to the surface through faults. Spontaneous eruptions of flame shooting out of the hillsides caused all kinds of fun. If you really want something to worry about check out the Southern Pacific pipeline condition reports. Those 50 plus year old pipes run right under several dozens of cities from the LA basin to Texas. Texas City will seem tiny in comparison when these pipelines inevitably rupture. Well thats enough for now.