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Can Geothermal Replace Coal for Baseload Power? Thomas R. Blakeslee The Clearlight Foundation. 99.9% of the Earth’s Volume is Hot Enough To Boil Water. Geothermal Power is Renewable and Economical Today. World’s First Geothermal Power Plant: Still Producing 2800 MW!.
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Can Geothermal Replace Coal for Baseload Power?Thomas R. Blakeslee The Clearlight Foundation
World’s First Geothermal Power Plant: Still Producing 2800 MW!
Inexpensive Power Generation with a Modified Air Conditioner From a 74°C Geothermal Well! UTCPower
Fuel Costs are ExplodingCoal Uranium
The Hidden Costs of Coal Power • Health Care Costs (asthma, autism, cancer) • Global Warming (storms, heat, floods) • Destruction of Forests & Lakes (acid rain) • Destruction of Fisheries (mercury) • Mining Devastation of the Landscape • Oil use in Mining & Transporting • Subsidies paid for by your taxes • Future Cleanup of Toxic Waste Ponds
8 Million kilowatt-hours/year (~ $500,000 worth) from: • 1 Megawatt of Geothermal Power • 1.27 Megawatts of Coal Power • 3 Megawatts of Wind Power • 5 Megawatts of Solar Power
Linear Drilling Cost using HydrothermalSpallationU.S. Patent #5771984 (Now in lab development by Potter Drilling.)
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