It’s like that 1965 movie Crack in the World, where drilling for geothermal energy causes all kinds of problems. There are such high hopes for real geothermal power; there is a lot of heat down there that can vaporize water and run turbines. Unfortunately, when the water hits the rocks and vaporizes, it packs

a lot of power; above ground it can run steam engines and below ground, it appears to cause earthquakes. This isn’t news; Brian wrote Huge Geothermal Power Project Could Cause Quakes … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Geothermal Power Projects Abandoned in Switzerland, California