Re: Tap the supervolcanoes to prevent a worldwide catastrophy

From: Dan Bloomquist (EXTRApublic21_at_lakeweb.com)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 03:38:36 GMT

Dave Gower wrote:
>
> There is lots of information on geothermal energy. If by your reference to
> heat pumps you mean ground-water-assisted home heat pumps, this is not a
> usable analog for the Yellowstone Caldera. A better comparison is the
> large-scale power and hot water infrastructure being built in Iceland.
>
> If you do a Web search you will see lots of research being done on such
> projects in the U.S. Like many new technologies, it would need three
> conditions to be practical
> a) permanent end of cheap oil

Hi Dave,
Maybe you have another way of looking at this. I'd like to hear it. If
my presumptions are wrong, I _do_ want to know it.

So far as I can see, mankind is an opportunist. Geothermal is about
electrical generation. The connection between electric energy and
transportation energy is tenuous at best. Look at what gets what:

http://eed.llnl.gov/flow/01flow.php

We, the U.S., have hundreds of years of coal. The North American
continent has a most incredible store of sand and tar oil. It makes
Opec's reserves look like a flash in the pan.

Read my previous posts. We don't commute on electricity, (though I think
it would be a very good idea to move toward that).

Do you see what I'm get'n at?

Best, Dan. 

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