That's the thing with all these "just around the corner" energy schemes. They've been "just around the corner" since the 1950s. Like fusion.
Allan Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > Not all that new. Back in 1990 I staffed a House hearing on Hot Dry Rock > geothermal energy. It was imminent then, just as it is now... > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 9:42 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> The oil patch is hurting, and needs something to do --- >> >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 8:19 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> > Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: >> > >> > > Someone needs to look into the long-term climate impacts of extracting >> > > massive amounts of heat from the earth's core. >> > >> > It will radiate away. It's a blip compared to the solar radiation >> > received by the earth every day. It's still not terribly practical >> > except in a few places where the geology is ideal. Drilling kilometers >> > into the earth is not easy, nor cheap. Not yet, anyway. >> > >> > Allan >> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
