#Frack to the future? #Geothermal energy pitched as #datacenter savior
An independent research body claims that geothermal power generation could provide an answer to the growing energy requirements of #datacenters.
But there's a catch. It focuses on techniques that employ hydraulic fracturing, or #fracking, to avoid being restricted to areas with naturally available geothermal energy, and depends on operators being prepared to pay a "green premium."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/geothermal_datacenters/

There are over 20,000 sites of fracking infrastructure across the state of Pennsylvania that support a vast petrochemical network.

https://open.substack.com/pub/benlockwood/p/a-petrochemical-ecosystem?r=1x8f3o&utm_medium=ios

Importance Score: 75 / 100

Texas Hit by Swarm of Earthquakes in West Texas
West Texas has been rattled by a series of four earthquakes within six hours, prompting scruti...
More » https://newsflash.one/2025/04/06/texas-rocked-by-swarm-of-four-earthquakes-in-less-than-six-hours/?feed_id=920274&_unique_id=67f2b299f17ff

"For the first time, #fracking operations in the US have been linked to ethane exports to Europe through major petrochemical companies and on to globally recognised brands.

#Plastic is a supply-driven issue, the campaigners emphasise.
Despite consumers being guilt tripped over their plastic use, it’s this influx of cheap ethane that spurs on the industry to produce more, she says, and to create new markets when some close."

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/03/29/coca-cola-and-unilever-among-dozens-of-plastic-brands-tied-to-texas-fracking-investigation

La Alianza Latinoamericana Frente al #Fracking alerta: #México podría tener 15 MIL nuevos pozos no convencionales si continúa la promoción del #fracking.

https://avispa.org/?p=119241

Rare correct answer from Starmer....cherish it like a golden egg.

#Koalitionsverhandlungen so far:

- #Wehrpflicht
- kein #Kohleausstieg 2030
- #Atomkraft
- #Fracking in Deutschland
- Abschaffung #Gebäudeenergiegesetz
- #CCS

usw.

Konservative, alte weiße Männer wollen zurück in die Sechziger und die #Klimakatastrophe ist völlig egal

Zeit, dass die Jugend laut wird!

With an ecosystem with such vibrant vegetation and wealth of biodiversity a little oil spill for the benefit of more cheap natural gas is a minor thing.

The good government can weigh the benefits and sacrifices for the common good and decide.

What, free gas? No it is all private for profit!

What private land? No! it is all public land whose access has been reverted to feudal ownership and handed to some oil company.

@abcfeeds #Fracking #NaturalGas #PublicLand

How does the environmental impact of mining for clean energy metals compare to mining for #coal, #oil and #gas? https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/how-does-environmental-impact-mining-clean-energy-metals-compare-mining-coal-oil-and-gas I know, some might ask "What???" but we need to have that serious discussion folks.
And I'm saying that as a longtime anti-#fracking/#gas/#LNG activist.

Did shale gas green the U.S. economy? - ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325002129

"Our findings indicate that the shale gas boom reduced average U.S. annual green house gas emissions per capita by 7.5%."

Via #MarginalRevolution

Goddamn humans are stupid:
#texas #oil company rolls out 42-mile conveyor belt to transport sand (for #fracking, of course).

"And so castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually..."
https://apnews.com/article/conveyor-dune-oil-sand-texas-hydraulic-fracturing-1e98b8438de8dfa687118599ec2ff7f4

Unfortunately Santos haven’t fracked off from the #Pilliga Forest so we decided to give you an update! Please share with your family & friends so everyone knows what’s going on, thank you! Water IS Life Sound up please.

#CoalSeamGas #Fracking #Auspol #NarrabriGas

https://youtu.be/t2QH9htd-iI

After finishing a great read, it is interesting to see what the book reviewers say. This review captures Louise Erdrich's The Mighty Red perfectly. "This book will be loved." Yep!
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/10/15/the-mighty-red-review-great-gatsby-recession/

#books #bookstodon LiteraryFiction #Indigenous #ecosystems #BigAgriculture #Fracking

The U.S. energy market has its troubles, though it may not be the “national emergency” Trump says it is. An economics professor explains: https://buff.ly/Ai7yijZ
By Seth Blumsack, Penn State #fracking #naturalgas #crudeoil