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UK's First Wave Farm Project Announced

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I can't speak on the pellet stoves, other than they burn earth-surface combustibles, which is better than fossil-fuel combustibles of the same type, in regards to atmospheric greenhouse gases.

Here's a paper on bio-fuels, with some comparative info. (sugar cane, Poplar, coal...)

Current Biology -- Somerville
DDeden
 

I'm guessing that this is entirely different technology than whats in this article:
Geothermal Critique
written by someone keen on environment, space rockets, dolphins, etc.

Are these problems reduced in dry-rock geo-thermal? The wastes can't escape?
DDeden
 
The plant he's complaining about is volcanic, not dry-rock. The Hawai'ian situation is unfamiliar to me but the California plants have been running for years and the ones in Italy for over a century. No health problems have been reported from either area. New Zealand, I believe, also generates large amounts of electricity geothermally.
 
Ok thanks, sounds right. Dry rock is self contained AFAIK, only potential problem aside from the normal power plant situation would be earthquakes & tremors (we just had a 5.4 here in Humboldt County offshore the other night). A quake close by wouldn't necessarily mean a big problem, but the potential for a local disaster would be there, due to high-pressure waste strream - groundwater contamination from faultlines and busted piping. Generally a low risk, I'd guess, long as it was well monitored.

DDeden
 
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