[19-Aug-2008] Google.org announced $10.25 million in investments in a breakthrough energy technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), which expands the potential of geothermal energy 14,000,000 Exajoules
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www.google.org [19-Aug-2008] Google.org announced $10.25 million in investments in a breakthrough energy technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), which expands the potential of geothermal energy by orders of magnitude. Google’s Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative focuses on solar thermal power, advanced wind, EGS and other potential breakthrough technologies. Available video includes a narrated package introducing EGS and a video of a sketchup = 14000000 Exajoules santabaraartstv.com
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January 28th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
The enhanced is you don’t need to find water beneath. You pump the water down where you form artificial cracks…
January 28th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
the enhanced is part is the depth of the drills
January 28th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Sorry, but I don’t see where is the “enhanced” part…I see a conventional geotermal here…:S
January 28th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
I agree completely. We should proceed carefully, not everything is forever. However, if this is, then great!
January 28th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
2:22 – that is sick
January 28th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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January 29th, 2010 at 12:23 am
royb673, as my Dad used to say, “you have reason!” HDR/EGS will save the world — it’s just a question of when. As far as cooling off the Earth, it can’t happen. Ninety percent of the planet is over 1000 degrees F. Even the deepest EGS wells will barely scratch the surface. At most, a small percentage of the energy in the Earth’s CRUST (basically the skin of the apple) will be harvested. The rest of the Earth (including the heat source 4000 miles away) won’t know and won’t care.
January 29th, 2010 at 12:49 am
i dont think it would be possible for this technology to result in a cumulative cooling of the earths interior heat.
the earths heat is generated by nuclear fusion from the core of the planet and produces vastly more energy than we need to sustain all our energy demands.
this is the transition to a type 1 civillization!
January 29th, 2010 at 1:30 am
277777777777 KHW = 1 EJ, I think your calc. are off
January 29th, 2010 at 1:41 am
Not to mention the cooling of the caldera at Yellowstone could prevent that particular supervolcano from erupting and laying waste to all of North America. (This has actually happened in the past)
January 29th, 2010 at 2:16 am
Don’t get this 100 EJ estimate.
It means that we use on average about 300kWh/day.
Heck, our 3 bedroom consumes that in a month.
January 29th, 2010 at 2:36 am
very well put. i would like to know as well.
January 29th, 2010 at 2:40 am
I do like this idea, but we should proceed with caution.
My old neighbor was a logger. In 1940 the forest was endless. Today he’s shocked how billions of us have destroyed much of what sustains us. His generation thought it was impossible.
Might this technology repeat this error? Could long-term, world-wide, seemingly insignificant energy extraction accumulate affecting over-all core temperature? Could the injected water cause tectonic plate slippage? Has anyone modeled the “what if” factor?
January 29th, 2010 at 2:41 am
These giant volcanoes, like yellowstone national park, would yield vast amounts of energy.