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by imaginenore 3506 days ago
Modern fracking has a waterless option. It's called plasma pulse technology (PPT).
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ZenoArrow 3506 days ago
Interesting, makes you wonder why it's not promoted more heavily. Are there any drawbacks with the PPT approach?
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forgetsusername 3506 days ago
>Are there any drawbacks with the PPT approach?

Cost efficiency.

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oliv__ 3505 days ago
aka: more expensive
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ta2507823 3505 days ago
I imagine (from looking at it briefly) that it would not even nearly come close to the effectiveness of fracking. It looks very similar to water jet fracking - which doesn't work very well either
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