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Article #225Re: What's wrong with geothermal?
From: alanm
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:31
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:31
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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. > You've sustained a substantial loss in neural functionality.
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