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Correct me if I'm wrong, but geothermal is only useful in volcanically active regions, right?
by chrisco255 6y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but geothermal is only useful in volcanically active regions, right?
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- TheRealPomax 6y agowrong, but it's worth finding out why that's an incorrect assumption on your own. Don't trust comments on the internet.
- cwal37 6y agoThat's a bad response when any comment could easily link to a relevant white paper. GP, MIT+INL had a nice report in 2006[1] covering a lot about that and the resource potential. The GeoVision[2] report and data from DOE is also a good and more recent project. [1] https://energy.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/MITEI-The-Future-of-Geothermal-Energy.pdf https://energy.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/MITEI-The-... [2] https://www.energy.gov/eere/geothermal/geovision https://www.energy.gov/eere/geothermal/geovision
- philwelch 6y agoThere are other forms of carbon-neutral electricity—hydroelectric, solar, wind, tidal, nuclear; you can even capture carbon emissions from natural gas plants if there was a hard requirement to. Since we have to solve that problem anyway it’s a separate problem. Also, aluminum and bauxite can be shipped to/from where it makes the most sense to process it.