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Iceland will tunnel into a volcano to tap into virtually unlimited geothermal power (www.zmescience.com)

submitted 7 months ago by remington@beehaw.org to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The amount of energy is definitely finite.

[–] Rekhyt@beehaw.org 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sure but on a human scale?

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

I mean, even the output will be quite limited by the hydro lines they send down and the strength of the pump. But it's free thermal energy that's being harvested and the energy will not diminish during the life of the materials they build. It's really cool, if you want to learn a bit more, the David Roberts went to Iceland to talk to some people for the Volts Podcast a few months ago