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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

The MIT studies on geothermal energy are pretty impressive also.  I hope
someone, somewhere takes note of the potential they have identified.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/geothermal.html

The full 400 page study is available as a link in the second paragraph.

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> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Steven Champeon
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:13 PM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Peace in Our Hearts,Peace in the World...
> and Peace in the Park this Saturday
> 
> on Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 12:13:17PM -0400, Gregory S. Hopper wrote:
> > Coincidentally, there's a four-page "special advertising section" in
> > today's Wall Street Journal about geothermal energy (paid for by
> > Glitner, an bank in Iceland) that is interesting.  They also have a
> > document available on their website called the US Geothermal Market
> > Report. Here's the link:
> >
> > http://www.glitnir.is/English/Business/Energy/usreport/?id=usad5
> >
> > Geothermal has intrigued me for quite some time.  I think it meets
> > Michael's requirements ("cheap, powerful, and plentiful").  Anyone
> > know any more about it?  Particularly as relates to residential
> > dwelling (vs. commercial generation).
> 
> My mom (retired now, but formerly a certified geologist who worked for
> a civil engineering firm in Maine) worked on a high school that has its
> HVAC powered by geothermal; it's pretty impressive, but still kind of
> expensive - an investment in the future, for sure. So I don't know how
> much sense it makes for small residential installations yet. And I
> suspect it works better in places where the temperature differential
> is greater between surface and well bottom.
> 
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