The United states is already the world's largest geo thermal energy producer. We have been producing geo thermal power since the 1960s, way before it was cool to do so. We invented the technolog.
If oil and natural gas stayed in the ground for millions of years how is CO2 put there going to excape?
Like it or not the oil is still getting used, doesn't matter if CO2 or water is used to drive it out of the ground.
Don't worry about fracking, according to my inside oil contacts up to 85% of the wells that can be hydraulically fractured have been. And that the only thing driving fracking jobs at this point is fear that an a fracking ban would be passed.
If it weren't for the anti fracking useful idiots almost all fracking would have stopped around 2010 or 2011 and would only be done on an as needed basis.
Every fracking rig in this region has been booked solid carrying a 2 year back log until about a year ago, just because they are running out of wells.
There are companies drilling wells then fracking them not because they need to but because they may not be able to do it in the future. The oil company that drills and fracks the most holes wins.
Really if it wasn't for the fear of a ban and only supply and demand were driving fracking only 20 to 30% of wells would have been fracked today and natural gas would cost 2 to 3 times what it is now and oil would probably be around $100/bbl.
So thank you for the cheap oil and natural gas.
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