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Originally posted by sgtclub
I read somewhere today that there is a renewed effort to tap into the heat/energy in the earth's core and that not only is this possible, but fairly efficient. Could be interesting, although I'm sure the environmentalists will find something they don't like about it, and it probably will cause more earthquakes or something like that.
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There are a bunch of initiatives on this front - I have a bil who has installed a thermal "spring" under his factory, which basically relies on near surface geothermal energy to produce power. One of my kids did her school science project on geothermal (inspried by bil).
I'm told it's not yet economically competitive to use to generate power for the grid, but can be competitive where you're off-grid - as in many areas of the developing world.
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