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2008-04-02 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Bobby 2008-04-02 08:58|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 But it will cool off the innards of the Earth! Can you hear the enviros screeching?

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-04-02 10:31|| 2008-04-02 10:31|| Front Page Top

#2 There's a town in Germany that started sinking after starting up a geothermal project. Walls cracking in lots of buildings, etc. It will be interesting to see how these deeper geothermal projects work out over the long haul.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/30/wgreen130.xml

Posted by Darrell 2008-04-02 10:51|| 2008-04-02 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 It occurs to me that it might be a good idea to do these experiments in uninhabited areas, given the possibility of earthquakes and soil subsidence.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2008-04-02 11:19|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-04-02 11:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Deeper ones likely cause less issues. Like Oil Wells.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-02 11:23|| 2008-04-02 11:23|| Front Page Top

#5 hope the environmental impact report covers Graboids

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-02 12:20|| 2008-04-02 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Apparently, the only thing they are taking out is heat. Cooling, if one could measure it, is not likely to have as much subsidence as extraction.

Posted by Bobby 2008-04-02 12:39|| 2008-04-02 12:39|| Front Page Top

#7 This would be a breakthrough if theyre able to produce hot fluid at a sustained production flow rate that exceeds what has been achieved before,

I'm sure I saw that text in a spam for V14gr4

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-04-02 14:14|| 2008-04-02 14:14|| Front Page Top

#8 BP, that was the best laugh I've had all day. Well played, sir (or madam).

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-04-02 15:01|| 2008-04-02 15:01|| Front Page Top

#9 I think the magic word here is 'stimulated'. I recall the Soviets wanted to do this kind of 'stimulation' with underground nuclear explosions.

Posted by Phil_B 2008-04-02 16:44|| 2008-04-02 16:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Last I heard only a few days ago they were running into drilling problems because of the heat and pressure.
The site is approximately in the middle of nowhere.

Posted by Aussie Mike 2008-04-02 17:16|| 2008-04-02 17:16|| Front Page Top

#11 one 50MW station by 2012

better than nothing but we're pretty far away from a big deal

Posted by mhw 2008-04-02 19:50|| 2008-04-02 19:50|| Front Page Top

#12 CRACK IN THE WORLD [movie]? X-/Ultra-Violet Solar Rays?

For some myster reason, I have AUSTIN POWER's "DR.EVIL's" Underground Complex in my head.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-02 19:53|| 2008-04-02 19:53|| Front Page Top

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