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To Extract Hot Water From the Earth, a Plan to Pipe It In First | Developers are using a new geothermal technology in Germany to produce clean energy. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I guess twenty years old counts as "new". At least twice before, in the Philippines and in France, test plants using this fracking tech have been shut down due to causing minor earthquakes. I don't think minor earthquakes were a good reason to shut them down, but then, I grew up in California.

[–] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A whole region in NL (Groningen) would beg to differ ... 😉

Repetitive minor quakes caused a lot of damage ...

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, "small" quakes are a very big deal in areas where the construction isn't designed to handle them.