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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Alberta just seems to me to have the perfect balance of resource and know how to have a massive geothermal energy industry. Current technology makes this not cost effective, but I'm keeping my eyes out. All these people with drilling and geology expertise just sittin' on top a massive bunch of heat wondering how to generate electricity is to good to not work
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Does anyone have more knowledge of Drake Landing in Okotoks?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drak...olar_Community
Sunlight is the fuel and dirt is the battery. Can't get much greener or simpler and seems very effective. Scaling it up may not be possible unfortunately. I totally agree with you that geothermal seems like it has so much potential. Heating and cooling has got to be one of the largest demands of energy. If it could be done with geothermal, the load on electrical and natural gas grids would be greatly reduced to accommodate electric car charging and the like. And no rare earth metal batteries. So intriguing!