[businessprofessor]

There are probably good reasons that Iceland uses geothermal based energy. The availability of geothermal, the cost of utilizing the energy sources, and the cost of alternatives may make geothermal a good choice in Iceland. Those factors probably do not play well for California unless the energy czars (dims and Arnold) decree otherwise. If the economics make sense, allow private industry to develop geothermal energy production. Private industry does not need any subsidies or mandates unless it is to counter all of the other subsidies and mandates provided to the other favored forms of energy production. The solution is to remove the other subsidies and mandates, not add new ones.

[backhoe]

Oddly enough, I followed some of this years ago:

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b3b87db46af.htm
Geothermal- Promising Power, or dead-end dillema?

Published: 06-28-01 Author: backhoe

[Uncledave]

Renewable Energy Ping

Please Freep Mail me if you'd like on/off

[chimera]

Not much hope on this one. Let’s look at the facts and what it would require in terms of scalability. Iceland had a 2007 estimated population of 301,931. California had a 2006 estimated population of 36,457,549. By my ciphering, CA has about 121 times the population of Iceland. Bottom line, I’m not impressed by the experiences of a small country with the population of a medium-small US city. Too much like apples and oranges.

[RoadTest]

POWER BY HELL

[expat_panama]

"renewable sources   ... geothermal."

The earth's subsurface is losing about 30 terawatts per day; energy that will never be restored.  Oil is being created continuously.  Yet, geothermal energy is called "renewable" and oil isn't.

OK, call me a nit-witted nit-picking geek, but IMO words should mean things and in this case the word renewable seems to have nothing to do with renewing anything. 

[<1/1,000,000th%]

I saw this in a science fiction story.

They crack open the earth, which then splits and explodes with only a handful of humans escaping in a rocket to nowhere.

[tracer]

This is all just a ploy to make Hillary!! homesick.....

[John Jamieson]

OMG Wouldn't this cause unnatural global cooling?