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>, Richard Eney
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>In article <$cg7HVFPmztHFw5D@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>Marcus L. Rowland <forgottenfutures@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>In message <fp78s1$pu$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Keith F. Lynch
>><kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>><Willie.Mookie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> Well consider the power and cost of a nuclear weapon. That's the
>>>> existence proof of a very high power generator - that costs very
>>>> little per watt. Less than a millionth of a penny per watt!!
>>>
>>>An H-bomb produces a lot of watts, but for a very short time.
>>>
>>>Using H-bombs to produce power is possible. Simply build a very
>>>large, very sturdy boiler, and set off H-bombs in the middle of it.
>>>But you'd need not just one bomb, but one every few seconds for the
>>>lifetime of the power plant. It would probably be cheaper just to
>>>burn lots of coal.
>>
>>Easier than that - detonate it a long way underground, deep enough that
>>the rock is naturally hot, using the blast to create a large region of
>>hot cracked rock. Drill another hole. Pump cold water down one hole -
>>because the rock is cracked it will spread out very easily, and the only
>>way out is the other hole - then tap hot steam coming up. Some problems
>>with leakage of radioactivity, of course, but it can be done.
>
>Have you seen the pictures of the "mud volcano" ostensibly caused by
>merely drilling for oil in a poorlu chosen location?
>
>=Tamar
You would have to pick the location carefully, very hard rock works best
and avoids the risk of that sort of thing. Assuming you're stupid enough
to want to try this at all, of course.
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