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 > > _______________________________________ 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
