This fascinating NY Times article on a new project to develop geothermal energy in the US brings to mind a lot of questions:
How safe is this really?
If this is the first time we are drilling so deep into the Earth, how can anyone say for sure that it's safe?
What are the environmental costs of this kind of operation? Presumably they are much lower than extracting hydrocarbons, but still?
What to do if such operations always induce earthquakes that result in constant minor property damage?
I'm all for cleaner ways of producing energy from back home and doing as much as we can to reduce dependence on foreign oil. Thanks to the geopolitical game and low prices for hydrocarbons, new infrastructure is not being built to meet Europe's and the US's energy needs.
I'm especially happy to hear about strong investments in clean energy that are not ethanol, as producing it also produces massive carbon emissions.
But what happens when you start breaking up the ground beneath your feet?
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