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In article <9908916.LupxD514JW@netscape.net>,
 Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> wrote:

> David Moss wrote:
> 
> > In article <en4jub$rl8$1@news-02.connect.com.au>, dontemailme@all.com
> > writes...
> > 
> >> So tell me what's wrong with this form of energy as an alternative to
> >> coal?
> > 
> > Isn't geothermal just another kind of nuclear energy?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > 
> > "Radiometric data are useful in the detection of concentrations of
> > uranium, thorium and potassium, all of which are indicators of high-
> > heat-producing granites that are potential sources of geothermal
> > energy."
> > 
> > Or you could just stop pussyfooting around the issue and use nuclear
> > energy directly.
> 
> Sorry, but geothermal IS using nuclear energy directly. The indirect method
> is to dig up uranium, thus spreading the radiation around far and wide,
> then you enrich it... spreading the radiation even further.... then it is
> shoved into an uneconomical WMD bomb of a nuclear plant

You might as well just stop right there. You've just proven that you 
don't know what you're talking about. The core of a properly designed 
nuclear power plant cannot gp supercritical and have a nuclear 
explosion. 

"WMD bomb". Is that like an ATM machine, a VIN number, or a PhD degree? 



> ....all the while
> using up massive amounts of energy and taxpayer dollars in the process.
> 
> Geothermal is being investigated using private money.

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