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Article #305Re: What's wrong with geothermal?
From: Jo Schaper
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:41
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:41
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netvegetable wrote: > 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" ...... > > So tell me what's wrong with this form of energy as an alternative to > coal? Do you have a large nearby source of water? Water or some other medium still has to be used to transfer the energy. Even most wet geothermal recirculates the water by re-injection, and there is always loss.
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