Leadership, where? Geothermal solution 1

By: anne_elk (Registered ) on 23-10-2007 23:25

The remainder lines the pockets of our elected representatives and their private corporation sponsors in “grants” and “subsidies”. The removal of hard earned working conditions (in WorkChoices) is yet another bonus to those that control the purse strings and profit off the sweat of my back. What of the costs of political party advertising and "public education"? I wish they would get their dirty hands out of our pockets!  
 
Industrial growth (and ensuing budget surplus) can continue with Geothermal Energy. Geothermal is a proven and viable alternative to nuclear power.  
 
For those who do not understand Geothermal energy, I submit the following summary from: http://geothermal.marin.org/ geoenergy.html  
 
The word geothermal comes from the Greek words geo (earth) and therme (heat), and means the heat of the earth. In geothermal power plants, we use the natural hot water and steam from the earth to turn turbine generators to produce electricity. Unlike fossil fuel power plants, no fuel is burned. Geothermal power plants give off water vapor, but have no smoky emissions.  
 
Flashed Steam Plants. Hot water from production wells passes through one or two separators where, released from the pressure of the deep reservoir, part of it flashes (explosively boils) to steam. The force of the steam is used to spin the turbine generator. To conserve the water and maintain reservoir pressure, the geothermal water and condensed steam are directed down an injection well back into the periphery of the reservoir, to be reheated and recycled.  
 
Dry Steam Plants. A few geothermal reservoirs produce mostly steam and very little water. Here, the steam shoots directly through a rock-catcher and into the turbine. The first geothermal power plant was a dry steam plant, built at Larderello in Tuscany, Italy in 1904. The power plants at the Larderello dry steam field were destroyed during World War II, but have since been rebuilt and expanded. That field is still producing electricity today. The Geysers dry steam reservoir in northern California has been producing electricity since 1960. It is the largest known dry steam field in the world and, after 40 years, still produces enough electricity to supply a city the size of San Francisco.  
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