Thursday, April 9, 2009

Geothermal Power Could Meet World’s Annual Energy Needs 250,000 Times Over

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Geothermal Power Could Meet World’s Annual Energy Needs 250,000 Times Over

Amount of taxpayer money that the U.S. Government has allocated to this deep, “hot rock” geothermal research: $2 million.
Amount of taxpayer money flushed down the toilet of U.S. military operations in Iraq PER DAY: $200 million.
Via: Yahoo / AP:
Scientists say this geothermal energy, clean, quiet and virtually inexhaustible, could fill the world’s annual needs 250,000 times over with nearly zero impact on the climate or the environment.
A study released this year by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said if 40 percent of the heat under the United States could be tapped, it would meet demand 56,000 times over. It said an investment of $800 million to $1 billion [Or the costs associated with fighting the Iraq war for five days---Kevin] could produce more than 100 gigawatts of electricity by 2050, equaling the combined output of all 104 nuclear power plants in the U.S.

SOURCE: cryptogon.com


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