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  • The concept isn’t entierly unlike fracking though there are some key differences.

    • No hydrocarbons to leak into the local water supply, their presence would actually make an area less suitable.
    • No drilling mud being pumped in.
    • No net removal of material, water goes in, the same water comes out.

    Now pumping high pressure water into the ground could have some localized seismic effects though they should be pretty minimal as the best kind of rock for this kind of deep well geothermal is dense hard rock than carries more heat energy.