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Article #244Re: What's wrong with geothermal?
From: alanm
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 03:41
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 03:41
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"netvegetable" <dontemailme@all.com> wrote in message news:en9t0l$rl0$1@news-02.connect.com.au... > 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. Could you hop into a volcano and assess its thermal capabilities ?
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