"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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Tim wrote
Mike Tomlinson wrote

on Ars Technica:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/plans-afoot-to-tap-icelands-geothermal-energy-with-745-mile-cable.ars

http://tinyurl.com/7s84abm

(this is related to an article in the Grauniad that I linked to a while
back.)

Interesting that Iceland don't get ALL their own energy from geothermal
sources yet and yet they're hoping to export buckets of it.

Not saying that it's not there for the taking but it just seems
odd that they're not using 100% renewable power already.

Its basically because there is other cheaper power, most obviously with
hydro.

Geothermal does have other advantages for them tho, most obviously
with heating their houses in winter etc.

And it supplies a lot of their "normal" hot water needs.

In some places they don't even put it through a heat exchanger and it comes
directly out of the taps smelling of Sulphur - flipping terrible it is!

tim