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Originally Posted by jplinville
Sometimes I feel the same about you...get over yourself and either join the conversation or move on.
Layback has answered the question about Enhanced geothermal quite well...explained the process quite well.
Tell me how the process is much different than fracking for gas. Both have been the causes of localized earthquakes, both have fluids forced at high pressures to further crack the rocks below the surface, yet one has got the treehuggers in an uproar, and the other is a welcomed form of electrical generation.
what's the difference?
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Beyond semantic, (which is probably the main difference) it seems like Layback has the right tack, being that the processes are used in different types of rock.
At this point, there exists evidence to suggest that fracking is responsible for a number of environmental issues, hence the uproar.
Hydroshearing, seems to have dodged the environmental stigma so far by not being directly linked to environmental concerns.
Probably another big issue is who uses which term....
Big Oil fracks
Government builds EGS