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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 l
by rapjr9 5y ago
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!
- pettusftw 5y agoYes. 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-earthquakes-2009-are-they-due-fracking?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/oklahoma-has-had-a-surge-earthquak...