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The time has finally come for geothermal energy

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160 points riordan | 3 comments | 17 Nov 25 13:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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hodgehog11 ◴[17 Nov 25 15:21 UTC] No.45954362[source]▶
I've always been curious why a cost-effective widespread implementation of geothermal energy has never been considered a holy grail of energy production, at least not in the public debate. Much of the discussion is so focussed on nuclear fusion, which seems so much harder and less likely to be reliable.
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1. polotics ◴[17 Nov 25 15:36 UTC] No.45954510[source]▶
There have been numerous trials that had to be stopped because of the triggered earthquakes... Geothermal is not so easy.
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2. microtherion ◴[17 Nov 25 16:10 UTC] No.45954885[source]▶
Was going to mention that point: http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/en/knowledge/geothermal-energy-ear...

The worst earthquake that was induced that way was 3.5, but given that one of the quakes happened in an area that had a catastrophic earthquake in the Middle Ages, some caution might be warranted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1356_Basel_earthquake

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