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Article #229Re: What's wrong with geothermal?
From: netvegetable
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:52
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:52
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On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:25:40 +1100, Trevor Wilson wrote: >> 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. I think the only revolutionary aspect of Australia's various commercial geothermal programs, is that they're using HDR (Hot Dry Rock). Apparently there's hot slabs of granite buried in the desert about the place. Most geothermal energy projects have been used volcanos. Some have used hot springs. -- A: Top posters Q: What's the most annoying thing on usenet "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
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