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Geothermal energy, is that where its at ?

curiosity_cat - 2-7-2017 at 20:10

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I saw this in Hawaii, it looks like great fun in photos but it was scary hot and seemed unpredictable.

Geothermal isn't talked about much.



[Edited on 3-7-2017 by curiosity_cat]

Twospoons - 2-7-2017 at 21:34

One wouldn't normally try to tap into an active lava flow.
However in my country there's quite a bit of geothermal power generation.
http://nzgeothermal.org.nz/elec_geo/

diddi - 2-7-2017 at 22:04

if anyone lives there, I would love a small sample (not hot tho)

curiosity_cat - 3-7-2017 at 11:46

Quote: Originally posted by diddi  
if anyone lives there, I would love a small sample (not hot tho)



Pele's Curse
Thousands of pounds of rocks stolen from Hawaii are returned by mail to the island each year because former tourists fear their fortunes have been reversed by a wrathful goddess.


macckone - 3-7-2017 at 19:34

I have literally tons of volcanic rock on my property. Mostly pyroclastic
(pumice). But there are some obsidian nuggets here and there and an
underlayer of lava with both rhyolitic and basaltic flows. The 'new' stuff is
around 1400 years old. And when newberry erupts again, it was nice
knowing ya.

curiosity_cat - 14-7-2017 at 17:10

Quote: Originally posted by macckone  
it was nice
knowing ya.



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Looks pretty but makes a mess of things.

macckone - 23-7-2017 at 11:21

Yes living on an active volcano can get quite 'interesting'.

MrHomeScientist - 24-7-2017 at 07:00

The craziest part about that is I can't tell where the gif loops back around.