New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/new-type-of-geothermal-power-plant-powers-data-centers-in-the-desert/
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.
New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/new-type-of-geothermal-power-plant-powers-data-centers-in-the-desert/
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.
New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/new-type-of-geothermal-power-plant-powers-data-centers-in-the-desert/
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:12:58 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/new-type-of-geothermal-power-plant-powers-data-centers-in-the-desert/
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.
I wonder what the cost per KWH is. Drilling holes into dry rock to
heat a bit of pumped-down water to get 191 degrees c water sounds
absurd to me. Look at those giant cooling towers blowing steam into
the air in a desert; the thermodynamics is terrible. Where does all
that water come from?
If that same hole brought up oil or natural gas, it could heat water
to 800c.
Why locate a data center in the Nevada desert?
John Larkin <jl@997PotHill.com> wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:12:58 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/new-type-of-geothermal-power-plant-powers-data-centers-in-the-desert/
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.
I wonder what the cost per KWH is. Drilling holes into dry rock to
heat a bit of pumped-down water to get 191 degrees c water sounds
absurd to me. Look at those giant cooling towers blowing steam into
the air in a desert; the thermodynamics is terrible. Where does all
that water come from?
If that same hole brought up oil or natural gas, it could heat water
to 800c.
Why locate a data center in the Nevada desert?
Zoning.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
I wonder what the cost per KWH is. Drilling holes into dry rock to
heat a bit of pumped-down water to get 191 degrees c water sounds
absurd to me. Look at those giant cooling towers blowing steam into
the air in a desert; the thermodynamics is terrible.
Where does all that water come from?
If that same hole brought up oil or natural gas, it could heat water
to 800c.
Why locate a data center in the Nevada desert?
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:56:55 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
John Larkin <jl@997PotHill.com> wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:12:58 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/new-type-of-geothermal-power-plant-powers-data-centers-in-the-desert/
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.
I wonder what the cost per KWH is. Drilling holes into dry rock to
heat a bit of pumped-down water to get 191 degrees c water sounds
absurd to me. Look at those giant cooling towers blowing steam into
the air in a desert; the thermodynamics is terrible. Where does all
that water come from?
If that same hole brought up oil or natural gas, it could heat water
to 800c.
Why locate a data center in the Nevada desert?
Zoning.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
"There's a woman behind every tree, and the nearest tree is three
hundred miles away."
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:12:58 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/new-type-of-geothermal-power-plant-powers-data-centers-in-the-desert/
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.
I wonder what the cost per KWH is. Drilling holes into dry rock to
heat a bit of pumped-down water to get 191 degrees c water sounds
absurd to me. Look at those giant cooling towers blowing steam into
the air in a desert; the thermodynamics is terrible. Where does all
that water come from?
If that same hole brought up oil or natural gas, it could heat water
to 800c.
Why locate a data center in the Nevada desert?
On Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 10:20:14 AM UTC-5, Phil Hobbs wrote:
John Larkin <j...@997PotHill.com> wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:56:55 -0000 (UTC), Phil HobbsFunny thing, instead of being an aquifer-desecrating environmental
<pcdhSpamM...@electrooptical.net> wrote:
John Larkin <j...@997PotHill.com> wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:12:58 GMT, Jan Panteltje <al...@comet.invalid> >>>>> wrote:
New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert >>>>>> https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/new-type-of-geothermal-power-plant-powers-data-centers-in-the-desert/
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate
power in arid landscape.
I wonder what the cost per KWH is. Drilling holes into dry rock to
heat a bit of pumped-down water to get 191 degrees c water sounds
absurd to me. Look at those giant cooling towers blowing steam into
the air in a desert; the thermodynamics is terrible. Where does all
that water come from?
If that same hole brought up oil or natural gas, it could heat water >>>>> to 800c.
Why locate a data center in the Nevada desert?
Zoning.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
"There's a woman behind every tree, and the nearest tree is three
hundred miles away."
sacrilege, fracking becomes an excellent green energy idea as soon as it’s >> aligned with the ESG grift.
This despite needing to do orders of magnitude more of it, due to the very >> low-density, low-quality energy produced.
(Before the fanbois get started: yes, energy is energy, but how useful it
is depends on how much entropy comes with it.)
This is not fracking- which I assume is a contraction of fluid-cracking
of rock. Cracking is the last thing they want to do because it means loss
of fluid. They've gone to great lengths to find rock free of fractures.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC /
Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
John Larkin <jl@997PotHill.com> wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:56:55 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
John Larkin <jl@997PotHill.com> wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:12:58 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert >>>>> https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/new-type-of-geothermal-power-plant-powers-data-centers-in-the-desert/
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.
I wonder what the cost per KWH is. Drilling holes into dry rock to
heat a bit of pumped-down water to get 191 degrees c water sounds
absurd to me. Look at those giant cooling towers blowing steam into
the air in a desert; the thermodynamics is terrible. Where does all
that water come from?
If that same hole brought up oil or natural gas, it could heat water
to 800c.
Why locate a data center in the Nevada desert?
Zoning.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
"There's a woman behind every tree, and the nearest tree is three
hundred miles away."
Funny thing, instead of being an aquifer-desecrating environmental
sacrilege, fracking becomes an excellent green energy idea as soon as it’s >aligned with the ESG grift.
This despite needing to do orders of magnitude more of it, due to the very >low-density, low-quality energy produced.
(Before the fanbois get started: yes, energy is energy, but how useful it
is depends on how much entropy comes with it.)
On a sunny day (Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:53:43 -0800) it happened John Larkin <jl@997PotHill.com> wrote in <a64hmi14fer9vcmjj763j792aku6t5g3ap@4ax.com>:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:12:58 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/new-type-of-geothermal-power-plant-powers-data-centers-in-the-desert/
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.
I wonder what the cost per KWH is. Drilling holes into dry rock to
heat a bit of pumped-down water to get 191 degrees c water sounds
absurd to me. Look at those giant cooling towers blowing steam into
the air in a desert; the thermodynamics is terrible. Where does all
that water come from?
If that same hole brought up oil or natural gas, it could heat water
to 800c.
But it would make CO2 (a well known deadly poison gas I'v heard).
Why locate a data center in the Nevada desert?
The power plant is there because it is close to the power lines,
The data center could be anywhere.
As long as it is not a bitcoin mining plant ..:
A single Bitcoin transaction could cost as much water as a backyard swimming pool:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231129112406.htm
As long as it is not a bitcoin mining plant ..:
A single Bitcoin transaction could cost as much water as a backyard
swimming pool:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231129112406.htm
Bitcoin should be terminated. It's criminally wasteful of real
resources.
Jeroen Belleman
Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
As long as it is not a bitcoin mining plant ..:
A single Bitcoin transaction could cost as much water as a backyard
swimming pool:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231129112406.htm
Bitcoin should be terminated. It's criminally wasteful of real
resources.
Jeroen Belleman
Bitcoin is on a roll, increasing at a linear rate of $3,600 per month. It
is expected to be approved by the SEC, which will increase the price. The >next halving is in April, when the price will jump. I will be very rich >before any action is taken on Bitcoin.
The claim of water usage is rediculous. It is not taken from areas that
have little, but only where it is plentiful. Microsoft is planting data >centers underwater in the ocean for cooling.
Transportation is the most energy-intensive process on the planet. Energy >wasted idling in stop-and-go traffic is huge. Private jets use a
significant amount, and regular passenger jets burn an enormous amount.
Talk to me about Bitcoin when you have addressed the rest of the far
greater energy wasted on other processes.
Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
As long as it is not a bitcoin mining plant ..:
A single Bitcoin transaction could cost as much water as a backyard
swimming pool:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231129112406.htm
Bitcoin should be terminated. It's criminally wasteful of real
resources.
Jeroen Belleman
Bitcoin is on a roll, increasing at a linear rate of $3,600 per month. It
is expected to be approved by the SEC, which will increase the price. The >next halving is in April, when the price will jump. I will be very rich >before any action is taken on Bitcoin.
The claim of water usage is rediculous. It is not taken from areas that
have little, but only where it is plentiful. Microsoft is planting data >centers underwater in the ocean for cooling.
Transportation is the most energy-intensive process on the planet. Energy >wasted idling in stop-and-go traffic is huge. Private jets use a
significant amount, and regular passenger jets burn an enormous amount.
Talk to me about Bitcoin when you have addressed the rest of the far
greater energy wasted on other processes.
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