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What an inadequate website for such bold claims. Here in New Zealand we found that geothermal is not "non polluting". There are a lot of unforeseen consequen
by worik 5y ago
What an inadequate website for such bold claims.
Here in New Zealand we found that geothermal is not "non polluting". There are a lot of unforeseen consequences with bringing deep water to the surface.
Still much better than nuclear that makes our children pay for current consumption or coal that means we are paying for our ancestors consumption....
- worik 5y agoA wee bit of search foo.... https://nypost.com/2022/03/10/inside-the-mind-blowing-plan-to-dig-earths-deepest-hole-and-unleash-limitless-energy/ https://nypost.com/2022/03/10/inside-the-mind-blowing-plan-t... https://news.mit.edu/2016/paul-woskov-explores-new-path-through-earth-crust-0412 https://news.mit.edu/2016/paul-woskov-explores-new-path-thro...
- robbedpeter 5y agoIterating over past failures is how progress happens. There will be negative consequences from anything, but the reason for geothermal is that it doesn't have the negative consequences fossil fuels do, and it's cleaner than wind or solar. Also, I'll take localized pollution over global disruption any day.
- worik 5y agoHow is geothermal cleaner than wind or solar? In Taupo, if my memory serves, the geothermal fluid was found to have high concentrations of arsenic (?) that was seriously polluting rivers. The subsidence of surrounding land was a problem too They developed ways of re-injecting the fluid into the well which they hoped would fix both problems, and time will tell.