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To: Snowshoe who wrote (69017)	5/1/2008 1:57:53 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Wairakei geothermal, and Ohaki, produce about 8% of NZ's electricity I guess. nzgeothermal.org.nz I don't mind depending on it for the electricity to type this, but I wouldn't live there because it's going to be buried in hot pumice sooner rather than later. USA nuked Hiroshima because they invaded China, Hawaii and a lot more besides. Taupo will nuke people who have invaded the area. They have been warned - there is pumice floating around everywhere. They persist in building more houses and moving into the area. There is a deep roaring sound which emanates from the steam bores, like a monster being tormented deep within the ground. I have driven around it all long ago [before they made everything secure in the modern world]. It's unnerving. Especially to people who are sensitive about shaky ground with a lot of hot stuff of a volatile explosive nature going on underneath. There are earthquakes frequently in the area as the whole lot prepares to erupt 20 km into the sky, but they are little ones which are not of consequence to mechanical stability of things people have built. When Taupo erupts again, it will be a large event. It will be in the news you see. Apart from the geothermal power stations, the whole Waikato River will be swamped in eruptive material, including a large river of molten pumice which is how Hinuera stone got there. The hot goop comes out of the volcano, and pours down te valley where the water has cut a trench leading to the ocean. The Waikato river has about 7 hyroelectric power stations strung out along it and a large thermal station which uses Waikato water for cooling. They will all be out of business. There is also South Island hydroelectricity which is shipped north. The power lines come north through the Taupo region. They will be gone. There are a couple of small thermal power stations in Auckland which could supply enough to keep Auckland going, but the gas pipeline from Taranaki goes through the Waikato and perhaps piping will be destroyed by erupted material causing leaks all over the place so none can reach Auckland. Auckland, Northland and south to the eruption zone would be without significant electricity. Zenbu Wi-Fi would remain operational because our servers are at Maxnet which has their own electricity and I think Telecom has backup electricity which could power the telephone lines. But most other things would grind to a halt. Roads would still work. They'd work better because traffic lights would be gone. The road rule would be "don't crash into people or you won't have a car". There would be a lot of unemployed people too as there would be a major economic crunch. A lot of businesses wouldn't function without electricity. Auckland should be building a couple of nuclear power stations [one on the east coast and one on the west coast for tsunami resistance]. Actually, one could be by the Manukau Harbour and one by the Waitemata Harbour. The cooling water would be delightfully warm and tropical fish could live there. Swimming mid winter would be great. Manatees like the power station heat on the coast in USA. There is also the Tongariro hydroelectric system which would be buried too. There's a power station near Turangi called Tokaanu. genesisenergy.co.nz I estimate there is a 1:10 chance of eruption in a single lifetime. That's more risk than I'm willing to take. I pass through the area, but I wouldn't live there. Eruption might be at Matata or elsewhere because Earth is splitting apart in the region so the whole line from Taranaki to White Island is highly active. volcanically. Mqurice