Of course why believe us corporate scumbags.
How about the DOE?
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/renewable.energy.annual/backgrnd/chap9d.htm
By the way, California is one of few states in the U.S. that has
geothermal generation...and guess which company....
Steve
--- John Foster <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> First of all I don't know where you get your knowledge from, Steve. The
> assertions yu make like the following:
>
> 1. can I generate electricity from geothermal;
>
> 2. geothermal puts heavy metals into the ecosystem
>
> indicate to me that (a) you are clueless about geothermal and living as
> you
> do in California where geothermal supplies up to 2 % of the state's
> electricity, and (b) you do have knowledge about heavy metals. Now I
> would
> like you to demonstrate grounds for claim (2) that geothermal puts heavy
> metals into the environment.
>
> Are you drinking something? If not then ....get a glass of Merlot,
> preferable Mission Hill....Merlot. If you are really sober, then I want
> to
> see what you are capable of 'under the influence' and don't you love
> Dean
> Martin?
>
> I got it you live near Disney Land?
>
>
> At 05:13 PM 12/9/00 -0800, Steve wrote:
> >--- John Foster <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> Well I guess the alternative is putting your hand onto a 'hot plate'
> or
> >> a
> >> 'toaster'. Since when does electricity have any heat in it? I heat
> with
> >> wood
> >> because (a) it is cheap, (b) because it is free, (c) because it is
> >> plentiful, (d) because it is considered waste in the logging slash
> pile,
> >> and
> >> (e) I get some exercise in cutting it. All I get from heating with
> >> electricity is poorer....
> >>
> >> As far as wind generators smacking a few birds in the jaw, the fact
> is
> >> that
> >> the 500 coal fired electric plants in the US and Canada are not only
> >> killing
> >> birds but poisoning the earth and water with acidity, and heavy
> metals
> >> leaching from the soil, killing fish and poisoning loons. And do not
> >
> >So does geothermal electricity generation.
> >
> >Also, it isn't just birds getting chopped up. You have to build lots
> of
> >wing mills. A windmill farm WILL change the surrounding ecosystem.
> The
> >question is by how much. If you impose a load constraint then I think
> >given the current technology it is a toss up.
> >
> >Notice the name, renewables. It isn't enviro-friendly, enviromentally
> >neutral, or eco-system safe, it is renewable. All this means is that
> it
> >is a source of energy that will not be used up, unlike fossil fuels.
> The
> >assumption is that renewable ==> eco-friendly, and this may very well
> not
> >be the case at all.
> >
> >
> >> forget
> >> all the radiation that is spewed into the air from coal burning as
> well
> >> as
> >> lead, cadmium and zinc. That coal is filthy compared to wind power...
> >
> >Ditto for geothermal.
> >
> >
> >
> >> How come you always copy the words that I use. I say linear and use
> say
> >> linear, I say distortion and manipulation and then you say it? Maybe
> you
> >> are
> >> engaging finally in the refrain....sing along now....
> >
> >How about this, you offer a biased picture.
> >
> >I don't think you have used those exact words.
> >
> >Yeah, and so do I. The difference is that I am pretty much up-front
> with
> >the fact that I think the market works pretty well in many cases.
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >=====
> >"In a nutshell, he [Steve] is 100% unadulterated evil. I do not believe
> in
> a 'Satan', but this man is as close to 'the real McCoy' as they come."
> >--Jamey Lee West
> >
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