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To: piytar

Actually - you are ignorant of some facts. At least two separate projects to inject fluid into Geothermal hot spots have been abandoned because of quakes that were created.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-03/does-geothermal-power-cause-earthquakes

http://www.livescience.com/9777-earthquake-concerns-shake-geothermal-energy-projects.html


5 posted on 07/27/2011 11:06:41 AM PDT by fremont_steve
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To: fremont_steve; piytar

As well as disposal of liquid nerve agent waste at The Rocky Mountain Arsenal: “The Army discontinued use of the well in February 1966 because the fluid injection may have triggered a series of earthquakes in the area”.


6 posted on 07/27/2011 11:18:34 AM PDT by null and void (Day 917. When your only tools are a Hammer & Sickle, everything looks like a Capitalist...)
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To: fremont_steve; kcvl; null and void

OK, I did a little research and recant. I had NO idea how much stuff they pump into the ground. Wow.


16 posted on 07/27/2011 7:06:56 PM PDT by piytar (The Obama Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
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