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And what percentage of all the urban areas of the USA does this dinky little figure represent??? 0.001%?? I'll say it ONE MORE TIME--the vast majority of potential geothermal sources are too remote from urban areas to be successsfully utilized.

LOL. Yeah, I guess, Los Angeles, Phoenix, SLC, SF don't really count as urban areas, do they?

You also do not understand the grid system of transmission very well, do you? As far as mixing of units go, I took the data, as given. I figured a Phd. would be able to do the conversion. Guess you could not figure out that the average home uses 908 kw-hr per month either that or you were too lazy to do the math.

I have known, in my life, a number of both Phd's and MD's and it has usually been the Phd's who have been overly pompous and arrogant, not willing to admit when their logic is fallible. Real Doctors usually seem to be willing to admit that they do not really know a subject and can take information from others.

I have never said that Geothermal would be a significant part of our electrical supply, I have just always contended that you have grossly underestimated it.

"LOL. Yeah, I guess, Los Angeles, Phoenix, SLC, SF don't really count as urban areas, do they?"

So I ask once again--what percentage of the urban US do these areas constitute. Of course you are bogusly assuming that all their electricity will be provided by geothermal, aren't you.

"You also do not understand the grid system of transmission very well, do you?"

So why don't you explain it, genius boy??

"As far as mixing of units go, I took the data, as given. I figured a Phd. would be able to do the conversion. Guess you could not figure out that the average home uses 908 kw-hr per month either that or you were too lazy to do the math."

Now WHY would I bother to have the amount of electricity the "average home" uses memorized?

"I have known, in my life, a number of both Phd's and MD's and it has usually been the Phd's who have been overly pompous and arrogant, not willing to admit when their logic is fallible. Real Doctors usually seem to be willing to admit that they do not really know a subject and can take information from others."

I take ACCURATE information from others just fine. But when someone spouts bullshit, I "will" call them on it.

"I have never said that Geothermal would be a significant part of our electrical supply, I have just always contended that you have grossly underestimated it."

So, I'll ask again---what fraction of the total US energy demand does geothermal provide?? The answer is "an insignificant one".

But you keep on living in your dream world, "wishin' and hopin" for someone to make geothermal useful except in very unsual confluences of easy supply and a nearby dense population.