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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: Re: Renewable energy from the sun
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 19:38:42 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <1992Nov6.171522.1259@access.usask.ca> <1992Nov10.164755.8051@ke4zv.uucp> <28116@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1992Nov14.181007.17295@ke4zv.uucp> <28340@castle.ed.ac.uk>,<1992Nov20.055642.20533@ke4zv.uucp>
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- In article <1992Nov20.055642.20533@ke4zv.uucp>, gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
- =Aside from nuclear fission plants, the other major non-solar player is deep
- =dry geothermal energy. Like solar, that's also primarily nuclear energy.
- =This time radioactive decay rather than fusion. And like solar, the
- =actual radioactive processes are divorced from site of use. That tends
- =to make it acceptable to a fearful public. Unlike wet geothermal, which
- =is available only in limited areas, dry geothermal is available anywhere
- =you are willing to drill deep. Thanks to vigorous development by the
- =oil industry, we have most of the tools to tap this heat. Much development
- =remains to be done, but dry geothermal holds the promise of electricity
- =nearly as cheap and controllable as that from nuclear fission plants,
- =and with a similarly low level of environmental effects.
-
- This reminds me: Anybody know what ever became of Project Moho?
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
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