Reply To: Fusion Oil

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Brian H wrote:

Sad I was sort of liking the idea of solar, wind and wave and current power, something very zen about getting energy from what freely exist around us, oh well fusion bets oil and coal hands down in that aesthetics factor.

Interesting that wind and wave are “displaced” solar energy, too. The options that aren’t are few: geothermal, perhaps. Maybe if Pelletier thermoelectric devices get cheap enough and efficient enough it will be possible to sink a shaft pretty much anywhere and get power at competitive cost. ??

I don’t know you would still need a cold sink, I would think Kalina cycle geothermal might do, it only needs a difference between hot and cold sinks of 50C, so even hot rocks a 2km below South Dakota could provide power.