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Article #221Re: What's wrong with geothermal?
From: Trevor Wilson
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:34
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:34
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"netvegetable" <dontemailme@all.com> wrote in message news:en9564$pdb$1@news-02.connect.com.au... > On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:41:07 +0000, Jo Schaper wrote: > >> netvegetable wrote: >>> While the PM is trying to debate whether or not we should start to go >>> nuclear in 10-15 years, various private firms are steaming ahead in >>> their >>> research and development of geothermal energy via "hot dry rocks" ...... >>> >> >>> So tell me what's wrong with this form of energy as an alternative to >>> coal? >> >> Do you have a large nearby source of water? Water or some other medium >> still has to be used to transfer the energy. Even most wet geothermal >> recirculates the water by re-injection, and there is always loss. > > Finally some food for thought. > > I wonder how much loss there would be. **There need only be as much loss as any thermal power plant (coal, nuclear, et al). The main working fluid need not be water. Water, for the most part, is just cheap and convenient. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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