It’s an extraordinarily compelling idea. Drill down deep enough, and you’ll find rocks hot enough to boil water under much of the Earth. Could they be used to create limitless, clean power? But “engineered geothermal systems” do have one alarming side effect - they create “small earthquakes”.

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