Alternative Power sources - Re: Hydrogen is too difficult.

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Re: Hydrogen is too difficult.

sigvald@binet.is

2005-09-30, 10:21 am

JoeSixPack wrote:

> It's a bit easier for Iceland to provide energy for it's 300,000 people
> derived from geothermal sources that are abundant and accessible.

The geothermal resources of Iceland are not that accessible, you have
to drill into the earth a fair bit and the best results are likely to
be realised if you drill to a depth of 5 000 meters.

> Transferring that process to the 300 million Americans is not worth
> considering. One private interest tried drilling into geothermal sources
> near Yellowstone Park, affecting one of the nearby geysers. Much was made
> of the damage to a national treasure and stiff fines were levied.

There are sources of geothermal energy elsewhere in the USA as well,
the state of Washington is probably the one with the largest amount but
there are other places as well.

Paul E. Bennett

2005-09-30, 11:21 am

sigvald@binet.is wrote:

>
> JoeSixPack wrote:
>
>
> The geothermal resources of Iceland are not that accessible, you have
> to drill into the earth a fair bit and the best results are likely to
> be realised if you drill to a depth of 5 000 meters.
>
>
> There are sources of geothermal energy elsewhere in the USA as well,
> the state of Washington is probably the one with the largest amount but
> there are other places as well.

The Southampton (UK) Geothermal project is not that deep (1.8km) and is
producing some useful (although non-renewable) energy. This link describes
the scheme. http://www.bbm.me.uk/portsdown/PH_450_Energy.htm

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