Re:The untapped energy source that could power the planet [v...
by rapjr9 on Monday September 20, 2021 @11:21AM
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Is there less of a danger of creating earthquakes from the fracturing since it is only done once in a specific area?
Fracturing 100,000 geothermal sites seems like it could possibly cause some earthquake problems. I wonder if extracting the heat in some types of rock will quickly deplete it, is this really workable everywhere, does the heat flow through rock fast enough? Otherwise it sounds fantastic!
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Re:The untapped energy source that could power the planet [v...
by pettusftw on Monday September 20, 2021 @01:41PM
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Yes. Sort of. Oklahoma saw an incredible number of earthquakes from wastewater disposal, it has since died down after being regulated so its pretty clear that was the cause
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/oklahoma-has-had-a-surge-earthquak...