Thursday, February 01, 2007
Heat Mining
Are we about to come full circle?
Cavemen heated rocks, didn't they?...
Cavemen heated rocks, didn't they?...
Gareth Cook writes for the Boston Globe. He discusses "the power of rocks":
"Heat mining -- which takes advantage of advances in drilling and geological understanding -- could make geothermal power practical across much broader swaths of the country.
"What was thought to be impossible 10 years ago is now possible,' said Roy Baria , a British geophysical consultant. 'The technology has moved significantly.'
Last week the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a study concluding that heat mining could generate enough energy by 2050 to replace the coal-fired and nuclear power plants that are likely to be retired over the next several decades."
