Geothermal energy opponents try to achieve their goals by...

Geothermal energy opponents try to achieve their goals by invoking the Federal Mining Act (BBerg) § 11 (10) "overriding public interests prohibit exploration in the entire field to be transferred".

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bbergg/englisch_bbergg.html#p0107

That is the reason why the citizens' initiatives try to make such a big effort with falsified facts and horror pictures.

Look at (Sorry Content is in german language): https://bnn.de/karlsruhe/karlsruher-norden/graben-neudorf/buergerinitiative-gegen-geothermie-in-graben-neudorf-wirft-buergermeister-untaetigkeit-vor

Politics knows that
https://andrebaumann.de/2022/erdwaerme-ist-sauber-co2-frei-und-preiswert/
Quotes: "The energy expert of the Green Party is also clearly in favor of using geothermal energy in the Upper Rhine Graben: "We are in the fortunate situation that we can extract hot water from not too great depths of the earth and use the energy it contains without danger.""

"Baumann criticizes the citizens' initiatives, which also recently tried to create a diffuse mood against the use of geothermal energy with horror pictures and doctored facts."

"It was good that critical citizens were also present, who asked questions and were persuaded by answers and the model project."

"Opponents of geothermal energy, on the other hand, had rejected Baumann's invitation and the on-site exchange because they were against the use of geothermal energy anyway."

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