Alaska Looks To Volcanos For Geothermal Energy

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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Re:Heat + Air = Hot Air?

[Ortega-Starfire]

Population of Alaska: 670,053 (2006 Census)
Population Iceland: 301,391 (2007 Estimate, CIA world factbook)

25% of Alaska population: 167513 and .25 of a person or a retarded kid
26.5% of Iceland population: 79868 and .615 of a person or a village idiot

Alaska Wins! USA! USA! USA!

And yes, our retarded kid in Alaska will beat down Iceland's village idiot any day of the week.

Many many holes to be drilled

[flyingfsck]

The problem with geothermal energy is that you need to drill hundreds of holes and then you end up with enormous quantities of toxic, heavy metal polluted water run-off. Drilling for oil requires orders of magnitude fewer holes and results in less water pollution.