Saturday, December 12, 2009

NYTimes: Geothermal Project in California Is Shut Down

Sounds like tapping geothermal heat (pumping water down into
cracks in the bedrock where the water expands into steam) causes earthquakes. Is that the reason a large geothermal dig was just abandoned? Or perhaps just because the rock is too hard to drill easily to that depth. Have to stay tuned...

Geothermal Project in California Is Shut Down

After safety concerns, the company in charge of a project to extract
renewable energy from deep bedrock has informed federal officials that
the project will be abandoned.

http://s.nyt.com/u/vwP

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