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I saw that in Scientific American, I have my own problems with it.
Mainly dealing with injecting superfluids into areas that may have old inactive faults.
It's been long known that indroducing fluids into a previously "dry" area -- whether via injection wells, or through the increased water pressure caused by flooding a valley with a dam -- can activate previously "dead" faults, probably through simple lubrication, and thereby start earthquakes.
While the fields proposed for use already have fluids, what is proposed is use of a superfluid -- something considerably slippier.
edit: my own solution would be to enhance the "natural" process, and find a way to encourage carbonate deposition by those creatures already doing it.
In other words, raise more shellfish.
Mainly dealing with injecting superfluids into areas that may have old inactive faults.
It's been long known that indroducing fluids into a previously "dry" area -- whether via injection wells, or through the increased water pressure caused by flooding a valley with a dam -- can activate previously "dead" faults, probably through simple lubrication, and thereby start earthquakes.
While the fields proposed for use already have fluids, what is proposed is use of a superfluid -- something considerably slippier.
edit: my own solution would be to enhance the "natural" process, and find a way to encourage carbonate deposition by those creatures already doing it.
In other words, raise more shellfish.
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