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Alaska Looks To Volcanos For Geothermal Energy

Posted by kdawson on from the don't-stamp-so-hard dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "Alaskan state officials have recently announced their intention to begin funding the exploration and surveying of Alaska's largest volcanoes in hopes of utilizing these as a source of geothermal energy. They say this volcano could provide enough energy to power thousands of households, and according to some estimates, Alaska's volcanoes and hot springs could supply up to 25% of the state's energy needs."

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  1. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You want all of /. to drill your GF? Hmmm. Does she know this?

    1. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, he wants all of Alaska to drill his girlfriend. That's like, what... two guys, a canadian, a bear and a moose?

  2. Volunteers? by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, how many virgins per minute does it require to keep going?

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    1. Re:Volunteers? by n+dot+l · · Score: 5, Funny

      So, how many virgins per minute does it require to keep going?

      This is Slashdot. Your question is making people...uncomfortable.

  3. Re:Heat + Air = Hot Air? by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, once core starts to cool, we can just nuke it to warm it back up. Finally, a good use for our nuclear arsenal!

    And to access these geothermal reserves, they would still have to drill down to gain access to them, and if they just "happen" to hit oil, so much the better.

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  4. Iceland vs Greenland by yorkshiredale · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone else noticed that Iceland is quite a green and verdant place, while Greenland is a large lump of ice?

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    1. Re:Iceland vs Greenland by cathector · · Score: 4, Funny

      not sure i would say "quite" green and verdant. "occasionally", sure. joke i learned from some icelanders: "What should you do if you get lost in an Icelandic forest? ... Stand up."

  5. Great News by MrKaos · · Score: 4, Funny

    The oil industry will need a cheap form of electricity to extract all that expensive oil. Awesome.

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  6. The odds are good, but the goods are odd. by mosb1000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know a single woman who works in Alaska. As she puts it "the odds are good, but the goods are odd".

  7. Re:Heat + Air = Hot Air? by pimpimpim · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm, but for a drill like that, you'd need a drill made out of Unobtanium. With the current funding it will take years to develop! And the crew has to consist of at least a woman, a scientist, an astronaut, and a guy who dies.

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  8. Re:Water vapor is a greenhouse gas by MrKaos · · Score: 2, Funny

    > geo-solidification freezing molten magma under the crust and reducing the ***gravity*** of the earth.

    ???

    winks and flicks to next excuse card.

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  9. Re:Heat + Air = Hot Air? by kenh · · Score: 2, Funny

    Greenland used to be green, and Iceland used to be covered in Ice, but then the automobile and the carbon credit were invented, and the environment (which had never changed previously) suddenly reversed itself, and now their names are but mocking jokes to man's care taking of the planet.

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