Originally Posted by jplinville

Forgive my confusion on your answer, but there's no need to be an a$$ about this...

I'm tired and the two seem very similar to me.

Ground water contamination seems to come from the ponds of used fracking fluids, from what I've read so far, as well as seeping hydrocarbons, as per some studies I've looked at.

I'm asking because at the recent borough council meeting, one of the local factories is proposing a study for enhanced geothermal drilling. We already have natural gas fracking going on to the north east of us, which is a highly debated topic...yet this didn't receive much debate.

I doubt it will happen, as I live in coal mining country, but they think they may be able to get to a safe depth, and still pull heat from the ground.

Enhanced geothermal and geothermal are new to me...