and thorium reactors. We need to get some of these off high center. The more power producing choices the better.
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 9:20 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
