Subscribe to this blog's feedThe great man (Disconnector, not our Ken) notes that a German town got more than it bargained for when it decided to tap into a local source of geothermal energy.
The historic centre of Staufen in the Black Forest has begun to sink after engineers drilled down 460m or so to extract heat.
This drilling work penetrated an underground reservoir. Water seeped out, the ground pressure fell and now the town centre – including its Baroque town hall – has begun to sink. Some buildings have developed rather large cracks.
Oops.
