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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (859227)	5/22/2015 11:56:16 AM
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You've bragged about your grid electricity coming from geothermal .... do I need to remind you they frac too? Why Geothermal Energy Is The New Fracking The Economist Aug. 15, 2014, 4:43 PM .......... The industry may dislike the comparison, but EGS is geothermal fracking. Millions of gallons of water and chemicals are injected into mostly vertical wells at relatively high pressure, and the combination of cold-meets-hot, pressure and chemistry shears the deep, hot rock. This creates new "fracture networks" through which water can be pumped, heated and sent back to the surface to generate power. Conventional geothermal wells cost at least $5m to develop, and about half fail. The new technique can reduce the failure rate and extend the size and life of existing geothermal fields. ................. economist.com