Hot rocks could heat Hampshire homes (From Daily Echo)

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  Andy Locks Heath wrote:
  

  downfader wrote:
  

  The Wickham Man wrote:
  What is quite amusing is that the technique is broadly the same as fracking, but this is seen as "nice" and "clean" so eco warriors don't raise so much as a squeak. No talk of earthquakes this time then.

  To a degree, yes. Although once the system is in place it wont produce any risks... the issues with fracking is not just the pollutants from the burning of the gas, but the fact the companies involved got a little carried away and dug too deep and fast causing small earthquakes.
  
  Hopefully they know enough now not to cause problems with either.

  I'm sorry but that is just plain uninformed nonsense. First these "pollutants" - would be the same "pollutants" that we all stand over inside our homes in our kitchens to prepare our food - so are you saying that cookers must be scrapped immediately? And how about central heating? Should we go back to coal fires, or bunker fuel oil? because our central heating runs on natural gas. And as for these "earthquakes" you don't appear to have understood that these "earthquakes" are about as potent as a bus driving past the end of your road. Do you understand what is meant by a logarithmic scale? Stop this uninformed regurgitation of amateur internet drivel and try understanding the actual maths before you post.
  I await your reply with relish and an armful of real science.

  You're ranting at the wrong bloke.
  
  What gets produced when you burn the refined methane in your cooker? Water vapour, carbon dioxide, and some trace particulates.
  
  Look, I'm not a scientist, this is basic school chemistry stuff. Everyone should know this.
  
  And I never said we should stop using ovens. You're just being daft with that, LMAO!! But the burning of fracked gas WILL produce vastly more CO2, water vapour and particulates than a few ovens. It will be powering far more than ovens, it will be powering home heating, lighting and electricity if used in power stations.
  
  Geothermal is the less destructive option."
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