Re: What's wrong with geothermal?

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From: Landy
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:38

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Greg Locock wrote:
> "Landy" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in news:en59h3$rh0$1@news-
> 02.connect.com.au:
>
> >
> > "David Moss" <q0320811@mail.connect.usq.edu.au> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.2000942a106031ce98a258@news.bigpond.com...
> >> In article <en4jub$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?
> >>
> >
> > Well yes, but one is nuclear fission and the other is not.
>
>
> Nope. Both are fission. Like it or not.

[third attempt at reply - my news server is playing silly buggers so
I'm resorting to Google groups]
Greg,
You are only partly correct - a very very minor proportion (~10^-6 %)
of Uranium decays by
spontaneous fission. 99.9%+ of heat produced by high-heat-production
granites is produced by other methods of decay  -  alpha decay, beta
decay, and electron capture - this includes most Uranium decay and all
Thorium and Potassium decay.

I suggest you go and read up on it before "correcting" others.
cheers
Bill

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From: "Landy" <bill.landenberger@newcastle.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: What's wrong with geothermal?
Date: 30 Dec 2006 18:38:47 -0800
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