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Geothermal power search holds promise, threat http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1250431859
On a high ridge in the Mayacamas Mountains, a drill slowly bores into the earth to test a new way to generate electricity. The test, by a Bay Area company called AltaRock Energy, could give the world another source of renewable energy, a valuable weapon in the fight against global warming. It could also trigger earthquakes in a corner of California that already shakes most every day, a prospect that is jangling the nerves of some nearby homeowners... AltaRock will drill below the steam pockets, burrowing into deep rocks hotter than 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The company, based in Sausalito, will fracture those rocks with high-pressure water, creating a network of cracks. AltaRock will then pump more water into the cracks, using the rocks to heat the water and create steam. Geologists monitoring the $17 million project say it will create earthquakes, but most will be too small to notice.
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quaggamuscles says: "uh. yeah. all you got to do is HARNESS the energy, i guess."
Haley says: "I'll be we could create "controlled earthquakes" for sure! What could go wrong?"
DocJim says: "We apocadocs are all about solutions."
CptRobespierre says: "I support this geothermal research."
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