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Article #278What's wrong with geothermal?
From: netvegetable
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:47
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:47
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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" ...... "It is hoped work on a geothermal source of electricity in South Australia's Riverland could begin within six months." http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1805498.htm "Renewable energy company Petratherm Ltd is in negotiations with potential partners to develop its 'hot rocks' geothermal field in South Australia for commercialisation." http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/Petratherm-to-expand-SA-hot-rocks-plant/2006/12/15/1166162315103.html So tell me what's wrong with this form of energy as an alternative to coal? -- 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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X-Google-Thread: 10c480,5f0137fe89979e1d,start X-Google-Thread: 105543,5f0137fe89979e1d,start X-Google-Thread: 10df0c,5f0137fe89979e1d,start X-Google-Thread: 104f8c,5f0137fe89979e1d,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10c480,gid105543,gid10df0c,gid104f8c,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!198.186.194.250.MISMATCH!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-north.connect.com.au!not-for-mail From: "netvegetable" <dontemailme@all.com> Newsgroups: aus.environment.misc,aus.invest,aus.politics,sci.geo.geology Subject: What's wrong with geothermal? Followup-To: aus.environment.misc,aus.invest,aus.politics,sci.geo.geology Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:47:00 +1000 Organization: . Lines: 23 Message-ID: <en4jub$rl8$1@news-02.connect.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.11.195.79 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: news-02.connect.com.au 1167446801 28328 210.11.195.79 (30 Dec 2006 02:46:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@connect.com.au NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:46:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.13.0 (The whole remains beautiful)