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10 comments on A new geothermal power station for Birdsville
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Some superb ideas here.
Replace the cheapest form of energy with the most expensive? Just great.
Anyone really think Birdsland is more isolated than, say, Iceland?
In Iceland where they are now drilling an experimental well for supercritical brines that could increase power output by an order of magnitude, there has long been a more important ecological breakthrough in the isolated hamlet of Husavik. The kalina cycle power plant utilizes low temperature waters with added heat from a garbage-burning facility to power an isolated village on an isolated island nation.
Reasonable cost estimates here are far beyond comments by this poster (or IMO any others) without sufficient data and stated assumptions. I am satisfied to associate myself with those brigands that have determined geothermal to be the cleanest, cheapest and most potent source of energy on the planet. :-)
Best, Terry
It's going to have to be done sooner or later (probably sooner), even ignoring the fact the the 'cheapest' fuel is finite and comes with a free atmospheric alterer. It's either that, or shut the town down and move the population.
Yep. Iceland is easy to get to by shipping. Water-borne transport of goods is remarkably efficient, even more so when you use wind instead of Fossil Fuels. To get to Birdsville, you have to go across land (semi-desert, in fact), and transporting goods across land is significantly more expensive and difficult.