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Originally Posted by jplinville
Does Geothermal Power Cause Earthquakes? | Popular Science
I'm not an expert, but from what I see, it doesn't seem much different, in theory. Drill a deep hole, pump high pressure water to form cracks in the rock, bring hot water up to warm house or run turbine.
Wouldn't both bring possible hydrocarbons into the water supply?
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While we do disagree on much, I can agree you are not an expert.
I did not read anything in the linked article about geothermal inducing hydrocarbons into the water supply.
The gist of the article was geothermal drilling causing earthquakes.
Fracking has been cited as a reson for earthquakes and the contamination of ground water supplies. I did not read of a connection between the two operations in the linked article.