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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (24216)12/5/2025 9:33:07 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) of 24225
 
I visited Austin Nevada (billed as the most remote town in the USA). While there I had a few beers with the locals who worked in the geothermal plants.

I had sort of assumed that a geothermal power plant worked by pumping water deep underground where it heated up. This was not so. The plants are just wells which tap into underground water aquafers which were formed in the last ice age. They have been heating for thousands of years. The pressure of the water drops as it is pumped out and it turns to steam, and runs turbines. Since it is a finite amount of water it stops producing steam in a few years. It is not a long term source of power, but it is cheap while it's there.
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