Download - Can Geothermal Replace Coal for Baseload Power? Thomas R. Blakeslee The Clearlight Foundation
The Hidden Costs of Coal Power• Health Care Costs (asthma, autism, cancer)
• Global Warming (storms, heat, floods)
• Destruction of Forests & Lakes (acid rain)
• Destruction of Fisheries (mercury)
• Mining Devastation of the Landscape
• Oil use in Mining & Transporting
• Subsidies paid for by your taxes
• Future Cleanup of Toxic Waste Ponds
8 Million kilowatt-hours/year (~ $500,000 worth) from:
• 1 Megawatt of Geothermal Power
• 1.27 Megawatts of Coal Power
• 3 Megawatts of Wind Power
• 5 Megawatts of Solar Power
Linear Drilling Cost using Hydrothermal Spallation
U.S. Patent #5771984 (Now in lab development by Potter Drilling.)
Geothermal Power Generation Megawatts Installed (2005)
USA 2544 Philippines 1931 Mexico 953 Indonesia 797 Italy 790 Japan 535 New Zealand 435 Iceland 322 Costa Rica 163 El Salvador 151 Kenya 127 Russia (Kamchatka) 79 Nicaragua 77 Guatemala 33 China 28