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Re:You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill dee... by wongarsu on Saturday February 26, 2022 @06:03AM (#30476656)
In Germany you will be hard-pressed to find a place more than 10km/6mi from the nearest village with more than 500 inhabitants. Those people don't like earthquakes or cracked buildings either. Same thing in England.
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Re:You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill dee... by eru on Saturday February 26, 2022 @08:25AM (#30477338)
Pay to earthquake proof their building and give them a bit of extra money on top. It's not that hard. Have a sort of auction to see who in the vicinity it willing to accept the geothermal plant for the cheapest.

Keep in mind that Germany has plenty of open pit lignite mines. Like eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Schleenhain_coal_mine

The disruption from geothermal is minuscule by comparison.

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