One would think so. But recall that last year, a CNN anchorwoman (Deborah Feyerick) asked on-air if global warming was causing an asteroid to pass so close to earth.
Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s I I did some consulting for Amoco around the LA basin and Santa Maria. Then went up to Bakersfield for williams Brothers up on the ELK RIDGE. Drilled and Fraced around 30 wells during that time, lot’s of movement and thermal activity in that area. We had down hole temp’s over 300 degree’s.