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The project's apparent collapse comes a day after Swiss government officials permanently shut down a similar project in Basel, because of the damaging earthquakes it produced in 2006 and 2007.

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En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Dec 12th, 2009 at 05:14:09 AM EST
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This is a brand new news:

Definitives Aus für Basler Geothermieprojekt (Schweiz, NZZ Online)Definite End for geothermal project in Basel(Switzerland, NZZ Online)
10. Dezember 2009, 16:28, NZZ Online10. Dezember 2009, 16:28, NZZ Online
Das Basler Geothermieprojekt wird abgebrochen. Eine Risikoanalyse hat ergeben, dass mit bis gegen 30 Erdbeben gerechnet werden müssen und die Erdstösse auch während dem Betrieb auftreten würden.The geothermal project in Basel will be abandoned. A risk analysis gave the result that up to 30 earthquakes must be expected and that the tremors will occur even during operation.

A critical note; unlike earthquakes caused by mining or hydropower, these quakes aren't the result of extra stresses but that of the lubrication and early triggering of existing stresses.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sat Dec 12th, 2009 at 07:46:21 AM EST
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See this discussion by Nomad and me. We seemed to agree that lubricating actually lowers the chance of highly destructive earthquakes even if it increases the frequency of small ones.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Dec 12th, 2009 at 02:44:34 PM EST
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