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"Jo Schaper" <jospamnotschaper34@5socket78dot9net> wrote in message 
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> Trevor Wilson wrote:
>> "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.
>
> True. Can you name me another fluid able to contain as much heat for 
> transfer at a similar cost?

**Of course not. I can, however, list several fluids which offer BETTER 
performance, for more money. In any case, the working fluid costs are 
similar for nuclear.

>
> The loss of water would be largely as steam in the generators. Most of 
> this may be successfully recaptured. But not all.
>
> I'm not a geothermal expert. If you wish to research a geothermal plant 
> using re-injection technology in a desert environment, I suggest you
> find information on the Garlock Fault Geothermal Plant, run by US Naval 
> Operations at its China Lakes Naval Base, near Ridgecrest, California in 
> the lower Owens Valley. (Don't ask me why we have a Naval Base in the 
> desert. But it is there, and they've run a geothermal plant since 
> 1978-79.)

**Yep. Geo-thermal technology is old and proven.


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