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now do the calculations on lake baikal.


About 8.12x10^14 cubic feet, so about 1.77 feet spread over all of the Americas.


What about Guarani Aquifer?


A little over 3 feet.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(40,000+cubic+kilometre...

To skip ahead, the Great Artesian Basin, the largest artesian basin in the world, would be just over 5 feet.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(64,900+cubic+kilometre...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Artesian_Basin


How much fracking liquid could we pump in there and remain profitable?


You're pumping in what's (loosely) soapy water to extract water. And in places where there's mostly positive pressure anyway.

None?




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