• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    6 hours ago

    I guess it’s not technically renewable but the reservoir of geothermal energy is so vast it’s hard to see how it could be used up and it has minimal environmental impacts.

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        2 hours ago

        It is possible depending on the technology used. I personally don’t think the earthquake issue is as big of a deal as people think it is. We’re talking quakes so small you don’t even feel them.

        I don’t know if this would compound and lead to larger ones if there were more facilities. If so it could be a bigger concern.

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      5 hours ago

      To be fair, I don’t even consider solar and wind power to be renewable. But then again I’m the sort of weirdo that considers things on astronomical timescales.

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          “Renewable” is just a word they came up with to keep us from doing something about the fact that the sun will grow into a red giant with a diameter larger than Earth’s orbit.