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Old 03-09-2008, 07:49 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Slipknot View Post
I'd like to see Geo-Thermal energy plants.
They use it in Iceland to produce hydrogen, we can too.
The waste product from burning hydrogen is simply H2O, nice and clean. We need to cut our dependence on oil bigtime. Solar energy is another way to go. But geo-thermal does not seem like it's being utilized enough, Yellowstone could create enough energy to power our country if managed right I bet.
You can heat your home with Geothermal now, Slip. Two wells and a heat pump. But ...the electricity bill for running two well pumps and a heat pump constantly would be a killer, I think.

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