Since the election is tomorrow it's time to worry about other stuff

By Marla Dickerson November 3, 2008
LOS ANGELES TIMES
BUSINESS SECTION

Reporting from Reno -- Not far from the blinking casinos of this gambler's paradise lies what could be called the Biggest Little Power Plant in the World.Tucked into a few dusty acres across from a shopping mall, it uses steam heat from deep within the Earth's crust to generate electricity.

Known as geothermal, the energy is clean, reliable and so abundant that this facility produces more than enough electricity to power every home in Reno, population 221,000.

"There's no smoke. Very little noise," said Paul Thomsen, director of policy and business management for Ormat Technologies Inc., which owns the operation. "People don't even know it's here."

Geothermal energy may be the most prolific renewable fuel source that most people have never heard of.

Although the supply is virtually limitless, the massive upfront costs required to extract it have long rendered geothermal a novelty. But that's changing fast as this old-line industry buzzes with activity after decades of stagnation.Billionaire Warren E. Buffett has invested big. Internet giant Google Inc. is bankrolling advanced research. Entrepreneurs are paying record prices for drilling leases in places such as Nevada, where they're prospecting for heat instead of metals.

AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE?

WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN DONE ON A LARGE SCALE?

IT CAN'T JUST BE THE COST OF BUILDING A GEOTHERMAL PLANT?....or can it?

After reading the entire article in Monday's LA TIMES I can only come to one conclusion...the existing energy sources have blocked this big time. This technology has existed since the 1820s.

I think if I had the coin I would jump on those drilling leases.

ONE SMALL PLANT SUPPLIES ENERGY FOR 221,000 HOMES???????????

THIS APPARENT LACK OF DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
Throw somebody in jail.
Today

Don't let the assholes involved in this obvious conspiracy vote for anything tomorrow.

Really really really inexcusable...wouldn't you agree?

Michael Timothy McAlevey