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Post #51,591
by ben_tilly
9/12/02 10:16:39 PM
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New Depends what you think I was talking about :-)
We are already tapping geothermal energy.

I don't anticipate us any time soon seriously considering digging to the magma in Yellowstone so that we can bleed it off in a controlled manner.

Kind of the difference between sailing a toy sailboat and sailing around the world. :-)

Cheers,
Ben
"Career politicians are inherently untrustworthy; if it spends its life buzzing around the outhouse, it\ufffds probably a fly."
- [link|http://www.nationalinterest.org/issues/58/Mead.html|Walter Mead]
Post #51,597
by boxley
9/12/02 11:07:45 PM
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New hmm. they are "theoretically" working
on a space elevator and my gov of Alaska who I worked for has an active project to build a plastic pipe to ship fresh water from AK to CA and others are working on an AK to Siberia Chunnel we never know.
thanx,
bill
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Post #51,611
by ben_tilly
9/13/02 6:51:19 AM
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New Lemme put it this way...
We have found from scientific boreholes that about 3-4 km down there is a layer of highly mineralized rock that would be excellent for ores.

We haven't figured out how to mine it in commercial volumes.

We think the top of the Yellowstone magma chamber is about 8 km down. And we would like to remove magma faster than we would want to mine that water, when magma is a much trickier substance to work with.

Yeah, I know about scientific progress and all. But some things take time.

Cheers,
Ben
"Career politicians are inherently untrustworthy; if it spends its life buzzing around the outhouse, it\ufffds probably a fly."
- [link|http://www.nationalinterest.org/issues/58/Mead.html|Walter Mead]
     STNG - (deSitter) - (34) - Sept. 11, 2002, 09:42:57 AM EDT
         Of course what this will mean for most of us is... - (ben_tilly) - (32) - Sept. 11, 2002, 10:52:42 AM EDT
             Re: Of course what this will mean for most of us is... - (deSitter) - (31) - Sept. 11, 2002, 11:05:15 AM EDT
                 Thanks for that link as well - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Sept. 11, 2002, 11:11:49 AM EDT
                     Re: Thanks for that link as well - (deSitter) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2002, 11:42:06 AM EDT
                         Yeeees, imaaaaaaaaaagine ... - (drewk) - Sept. 11, 2002, 11:44:21 AM EDT
                     if (font_size > NORMAL) sanity_test_required = true; // :) - (altmann) - (3) - Sept. 11, 2002, 01:32:32 PM EDT
                         Were we watching the same shows? - (drewk) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2002, 02:14:09 PM EDT
                             Throw on top of that... - (inthane-chan) - Sept. 11, 2002, 02:18:39 PM EDT
                             Yep. And I found transcripts of the shows. - (altmann) - Sept. 11, 2002, 03:14:33 PM EDT
                 Can't get to the Yellowstone link, but ... - (drewk) - (22) - Sept. 11, 2002, 11:39:52 AM EDT
                     Re: Can't get to the Yellowstone link, but ... - (deSitter) - (21) - Sept. 11, 2002, 11:49:48 AM EDT
                         Try this one - (Silverlock) - (20) - Sept. 11, 2002, 12:18:23 PM EDT
                             That's it, similar graphics to what was on the show -NT - (drewk) - Sept. 11, 2002, 12:21:25 PM EDT
                             Some day... - (ben_tilly) - (18) - Sept. 11, 2002, 01:03:57 PM EDT
                                 If you could bleed off the pressure.... - (Silverlock) - (5) - Sept. 11, 2002, 01:07:36 PM EDT
                                     Only problem - (drewk) - (4) - Sept. 11, 2002, 01:23:54 PM EDT
                                         Not as hard as it looks - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2002, 01:42:20 PM EDT
                                             I love understatement - (drewk) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2002, 02:14:57 PM EDT
                                                 From your title... - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 11, 2002, 06:56:08 PM EDT
                                         Not a problem. - (Silverlock) - Sept. 12, 2002, 01:13:12 AM EDT
                                 Re: Some day... - (deSitter) - (11) - Sept. 12, 2002, 08:50:50 PM EDT
                                     Yes - (ben_tilly) - (10) - Sept. 12, 2002, 08:53:52 PM EDT
                                         Generations? - (wharris2) - (9) - Sept. 12, 2002, 09:48:00 PM EDT
                                             Depends what you think I was talking about :-) - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2002, 10:16:39 PM EDT
                                                 hmm. they are "theoretically" working - (boxley) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2002, 11:07:45 PM EDT
                                                     Lemme put it this way... - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 13, 2002, 06:51:19 AM EDT
                                             Battling the Bottle - (deSitter) - (5) - Sept. 13, 2002, 09:56:52 AM EDT
                                                 Come to terms? - (wharris2) - (4) - Sept. 16, 2002, 11:13:19 PM EDT
                                                     This is a good thing to know about yourself - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 17, 2002, 07:23:12 AM EDT
                                                     Re: Come to terms? - (deSitter) - (2) - Sept. 17, 2002, 04:20:50 PM EDT
                                                         Different from a physical condition - (boxley) - (1) - Sept. 17, 2002, 07:55:16 PM EDT
                                                             Personal habits - (wharris2) - Sept. 17, 2002, 09:47:28 PM EDT
                 Saw on PBS - (SpiceWare) - Sept. 11, 2002, 02:44:03 PM EDT
         Yep, I'm a trekkie - (SpiceWare) - Sept. 11, 2002, 02:30:01 PM EDT

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