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'Breakthrough' geothermal tech produces 3.5 megawatts of carbon-free power | Fervo Energy's Nevada site is slated to power Google data centers. (www.engadget.com)

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'Breakthrough' geothermal tech produces 3.5 megawatts of carbon-free power | Fervo Energy's Nevada site is slated to power Google data centers.::An energy company called Fervo says it has achieved a breakthrough in geothermal technology.

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[-] Lmaydev@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Isn't the entire problem with fracking the gas extraction? Otherwise it's just digging a hole.

[-] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

My understanding is that it can also cause a lot of soil instability and subsidence in the area, but this may be different? Like I said, I'm happy to be wrong.

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