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Re:Utah's hottest new power source is 15k feet below the ground by stevage on Saturday September 06, 2025 @06:00PM (#45153268)
There is also the issue that using geothermal energy can cause earthquakes.
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Re:Utah's hottest new power source is 15k feet below the ground by aDyslecticCrow on Saturday September 06, 2025 @06:23PM (#45153444)
I think thats actually disputed. I'm not entirely sure though and i dont have the time to look it up right now.
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Re:Utah's hottest new power source is 15k feet below the ground by 0xDEAFBEAD on Saturday September 06, 2025 @11:41PM (#45155202)
Here are some links I found related to this

Pro-geothermal position: https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/producing-clean-energy-ca...

Anti-geothermal position: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2019/05/lessons-south-kore...

My conclusion: Geothermal makes research into plate tectonics and earthquake mitigation considerably more valuable, so we can figure out how to do it in a way that reduces earthquakes rather than creating them.

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