Saturday, July 23, 2011

CrazyEngineers Forum - Other Engineering Trades

CrazyEngineers Forum - Other Engineering Trades

Geothermal Energy - Is It Being Underestimated For Long Time?

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 03:02 AM PDT

I've been following Zeitgeist videos for quite some time now and they seem to be quite optimistic about the usage of Geothermal energy. I stumbled upon this source: Friedmanpedia / Geothermal-Energy-Industry that says
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In the same aforementioned MIT study, the total extractable EGS (Enhanced Geothermal Systems) resources in the world is estimated at 2,000 Zetajoules (1 Zetajoule=10^21 Joules). In the United States alone, it estimated that there was enough energy to supply the world's current energy needs for 30,000 years
Logically, it seems the obvious and right thing to do. The Earth's core is full of heat energy which is untapped. Why don't we just use it to heat the water and produce electricity?

Do you think Geothermal energy has been underestimated? One of the reasons is that the Oil corporations in the world are proving to be the biggest hurdles in the larger adoption of geothermal energy.

Your thoughts?
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