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To: Freeport

The problem with geothermal steam is it is extremely corrosive


5 posted on 06/23/2009 10:42:37 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
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>The problem with geothermal steam is it is extremely corrosive

I see. It might be interesting to see if lining/bonding the insides of pipes with some of that new micro-engineered carbon would have on the corrosion effect.


7 posted on 06/23/2009 10:51:33 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: PapaBear3625
The problem with geothermal steam is it is extremely corrosive

Looks like they're going to need some extremely non-corrosive pipe.

13 posted on 06/23/2009 11:17:42 AM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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