Local newspaper published warnings today of increased low-level earthquake activity next week as a geo-thermal startup injects cold water into cracks in the active volcano in our backyard. My concerns are twofold: 1) where are they gonna’ get the water and 2) I’ve seen what volcanoes can do up close and personal, I’m not sure mucking around inside one is such a good idea …
Newberry is my backyard; I watched St Helens erupt from the north slope of Adams, spent three years salvage logging the aftermath. Seen Spirit Lake from both sides …
Tanks. Was thinking Yellowstone and obtaining the water from the Berkeley pit, and other sillynesses. See no problem with water in Washington but drilling into St Helens, talking about sillyness!
I propose nuclear enhanced geothermal. Use nuclear created high temperature steam to heat up a not so deep volume of rock. Closed loops can extract heat for steam turbines. Eliminates the problems of deep drilling and depletion of heat in rock (heat moves slowly through rock and hence is slow to replenish).
I propose hamster enhanced nuclear. With enough hamster wheels, run in shifts, we can avoid nukes entirely, making the world safer, cheaper, healthier, more democratic, more egalitarian, more resilient, more responsible to future generations.
Fracking is less necessary when former gas and oil wells are used, unless those are not available. With Eavor (https://www.eavor.com/technology//) the drilling has mostly already been done when using those pre-drilled wells and only lateral drilling two connect two such wells and the “radiator” needs to be done. Additionally with what is being proposed here it sounds like they need to continuously replenish the water supply but with Eavor’s tech the same solution is recycled (thermal siphoning – no pumps needed) and heat is extracted via conduction, making for a much cleaner and environmentally friendly solution. It is a closed system see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TefNuJnCRs8
Consulted to a outfit doing just this, in the 90’s, nothing new. Wish the technology success.
Local newspaper published warnings today of increased low-level earthquake activity next week as a geo-thermal startup injects cold water into cracks in the active volcano in our backyard. My concerns are twofold: 1) where are they gonna’ get the water and 2) I’ve seen what volcanoes can do up close and personal, I’m not sure mucking around inside one is such a good idea …
That is interesting. May I ask where is your backyard and other details?
Newberry is my backyard; I watched St Helens erupt from the north slope of Adams, spent three years salvage logging the aftermath. Seen Spirit Lake from both sides …
Tanks. Was thinking Yellowstone and obtaining the water from the Berkeley pit, and other sillynesses. See no problem with water in Washington but drilling into St Helens, talking about sillyness!
I propose nuclear enhanced geothermal. Use nuclear created high temperature steam to heat up a not so deep volume of rock. Closed loops can extract heat for steam turbines. Eliminates the problems of deep drilling and depletion of heat in rock (heat moves slowly through rock and hence is slow to replenish).
I propose hamster enhanced nuclear. With enough hamster wheels, run in shifts, we can avoid nukes entirely, making the world safer, cheaper, healthier, more democratic, more egalitarian, more resilient, more responsible to future generations.
If we could just capture all that hot air wouldn’t need nukes …
Fracking is less necessary when former gas and oil wells are used, unless those are not available. With Eavor (https://www.eavor.com/technology//) the drilling has mostly already been done when using those pre-drilled wells and only lateral drilling two connect two such wells and the “radiator” needs to be done. Additionally with what is being proposed here it sounds like they need to continuously replenish the water supply but with Eavor’s tech the same solution is recycled (thermal siphoning – no pumps needed) and heat is extracted via conduction, making for a much cleaner and environmentally friendly solution. It is a closed system see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TefNuJnCRs8