· @ely
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Fetching energy is as problematic as fuels. Why ?

- you insert additinonal energy into the already overshooting earth energy balance
- you incentivise drilling/fracking techniques including all related problems


The Skeptics Guide #948 - Sep 9 2023
Starting from: 00:21:53

Episode webpage: theskepticsguide.org/podcast/s

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#geothermal #fossil #skepticsguide #skepticsguidetotheuniverse #climatesolutionism #jaynovella

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Zeke Livingston · @mediocratese
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@CelloMomOnCars @lidsville Want an example of expectations of rising costs just have a look at hydroelectric dam project in British Columbia. Constructing this mega project on shale instead of anchoring it on bedrock has the expected costs ballooning from 3 billion to 16 billion! As a resident and ratepayer for BChydro I have no idea what the amount of this enormous debt will be passed on to consumers.

#SiteC #renewableenergy #geothermal #otherrenewableoptions

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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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open.substack.com/pub/michaelt

: could generate between 10 and 20 percent of the country’s in the coming decades, according to recent studies from the Department of and Princeton.
Enhanced geothermal could also solve one of clean energy’s biggest problems: .

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#frackingcleanenergy #geothermal #electricity #energy #intermittency #keepitintheground

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Martin Nutty · @mnutty
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19) Can techniques developed in the oil and gas industries be used to tap tap clean energy?

New techniques have the potential of converting coal fired energy plants to geothermal.

nytimes.com/2023/08/28/climate

#geothermal #cleanenergy #climatecrisis

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KB Leecaster · @GreenFire
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The 35-MW geothermal power plant of Sosian Energy in the Menengai geothermal field in Kenya has started supplying electricity to the national grid. Menengai hopes to develop a combined capacity of 105 MW.

Electricity from it is being sold at a rate 6.9 US cents per kWh. This is a competitive price and is expected to help displace expensive power generating capacity mostly from thermal plants.
thinkgeoenergy.com/35-mw-menen

#mastodonenergy #cleanenergy #geothermal

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KB Leecaster · @GreenFire
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The German government is looking at further developing deep geothermal energy to create a nationwide climate-neutral heat supply by 2045. According to studies, deep geothermal energy could generate around 300 terawatt hours of heat annually from an installed capacity of 70 GW -- more than half the future heat demand of all buildings.

Geothermal and ground coupled heat pumps use in the U.S.is growing too.

#mastodonenergy #heatpumps #geothermal

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Tina M Casey · @Casey
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Megalithic Portal (Andy B) · @megalithic
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Roma Hamamı, Central . Soon to reopen after a lot of restoration. The water inside the pool is 48degC (), one of only two surviving pool structures with hot water, the other being Aquae Sulis in of course. They are all that remain of the Roman town of Aqua Sarvenae which was destroyed by an earthquake. Photo by Megportal admin David Morgan, more on our page: megalithic.co.uk/article.php?s

#sarikaya #anatolia #geothermal #roman #bath

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KB Leecaster · @GreenFire
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Last month, Houston-based startup Fervo announced the successful test of a first-of-its kind commercial-scale power plant, which uses the shale oil drilling innovations to produce zero-emission geothermal energy. While horizontal drilling allows oil producers to access new seams of fossil fuels, in Fervo’s case, the company is drilling sideways into hot, porous rocks heated by tectonic activity.
time.com/6302342/fervo-frackin

#geothermal

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KB Leecaster · @GreenFire
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Interested in There's a webinar Friday with ThinkGeoEnergy on the results from Fervo Energy's very successful recent EGS pilot, and what may come next. The holy grail of has been to achieve high flow rate and distributed flow through a large volume of rock. They did it! What are the next technical issues we need to worry about? What will be the keys for scaling this impressive new approach and achieving reliability and maximum performance? thinkgeoenergy.com/webinar-fer

#geothermal #climatesolutions

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James · @ukuku
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Boise is about to increase geothermal capacity by 40% as they begin to expand the system starting in a week. Boise already has the largest geothermal heating system in the US. I lived in a geothermal heated house when I first moved here and it was AMAZING. I’ve never been more warm in a winter in all my life. Also had a clawfoot tub with the geothermal water.

Here’s an article that talked about the upgrades.

idahostatesman.com/news/local/

#sustainability #geothermal

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KB Leecaster · @GreenFire
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This looks to me like they've just drilled about a 10 megawatt well in Kenya!

#mastodonenergy #geothermal #climateprogress

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DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
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So, I may be a "doomsayer" (I consider myself a realist), but I'm always trying to see if there's a solution to getting us out of the mess we're in. Perhaps I would describe myself as an optimistic pessimist. Anyhow, based on my recent research, here are some of the solutions I think we (humanity) should pursue collectively...

1. Plug up the ! Seriously! That's a big part of the problem!

2. Make the price of expensive! I remember when having meat was considered a special occasion -- not a daily occurrence.

3. Make things out of . Now that we've cracked the recipe, there's no excuse not to use it! Especially with rising sea levels (Roman concrete holds up better when exposed to water).

4. Manufacture stuff that lasts! No more or items that can't be repaired by a skilled user or a local repair shop!

5. Grow food locally! Turn empty spaces into (and ).

6. Utilize new (and ancient) technologies to the max! , reflective white paint, building new structures with , and other ways to cool/heat spaces without using !

That's just a few off the top of my head. I think a lot of the solutions are right in front of us -- but and are keeping them from being implemented!

#MethaneLeaks #meat #Romanconcrete #plannedobsolescence #office #indoorurbanfarms #housing #solarprisms #skywells #geothermal #fossilfuels #greed #oligarchy #ClimateChange #climatechangesolutions

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Byrnejmf · @Byrnejmf
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Thx @mzjacobson! Projects are not successful; cost much more than , , , ! argument for continued use! @POTUS @TheDemocrats @JustinTrudeau @liberal_party @Europarl_EN @Alberta_UCP @albertaNDP @billmckibben

#carboncapture #ccs #wind #solar #battery #geothermal #strawman #fossilfuel

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