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Geothermal, and all thermal power energy, have a big issue: thermal pollution. You need a lot of water for the cooling phase of the thermodynamic cycle that tr
by joak 4y ago
Geothermal, and all thermal power energy, have a big issue: thermal pollution.
You need a lot of water for the cooling phase of the thermodynamic cycle that transform heat into electricity.
That's why during drought episodes fission plants have to be stopped.
There is however a non-thermal path to fusion energy, aneutronic fusion with direct energy conversion. In this scheme, the fusion reaction produces no neutrons and the kinetic energy of ions is directly converted to electricity.
- acidburnNSA 4y agoGiven how much zero carbon warm water we need, it's easy to see zero carbon thermal pollution as a feature rather than a bug. https://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/workshops/nucogen/presentations/4_Safa_Economics-District-Heating-Light.pdf https://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/workshops/nucogen/presentations...
- BMc2020 4y agoIf I were to ask you the answer to two plus 2, what would it be?