Earth:The newest Star

[Gonz]

Build baby, build.

 

[ResearchMonkey]

...how does that heat those in Bakersfield? San Diego?

They'll return the land here to the Kangaroo rat and Kit fox. They'll just move us into government housing in Lost Angeles.

 

[Cerise]

The Earth is Hotter than the Sun:

AlGore:
People think about geothermal energy - when they think about it at all - in terms of the hot water bubbling up in some places, but two kilometers or so down in most places there are these incredibly hot rocks, 'cause the interior of the earth is extremely hot, several million degrees, and the crust of the earth is hot ...

Planet Gore

 

[spike]

how does that heat those in LA? Phoenix? Bakersfield? San Diego?
Hell, 55° barely heats my house in Ft Wayne where -20° is not unheard of.

Still works the same way.

http://earthcomfort.com/howitworks/

 

[Gonz]

Just didn't get it?

 

[ResearchMonkey]

Just didn't get it?

Here Charlie Brown, let me hold the football for you.

 

[Gonz]

Alright, one last time

 

[chcr]

The man is a fuckin' idiot.

Perhaps not such an idiot. Al Gore is about to become the first carbon billionaire. It's okay though, I'm certain his first concern is the environment.

 

[ResearchMonkey]

Perhaps not such an idiot. Al Gore is about to become the first carbon billionaire. It's okay though, I'm certain his first concern is the environment.

Credit where Credits due. Certainly not to carboner credits.

 

[chcr]

Me too. It won't take long to heat your home when, only a couple of KM down, it's a bazillion degrees. Hurry though, it'll only last 35,000 years.

Although, considering that, from just a few feet down, the temperature is a constant 55°, how does that heat those in LA? Phoenix? Bakersfield? San Diego?
Hell, 55° barely heats my house in Ft Wayne where -20° is not unheard of.

That's actually how geothermal for buildings works. A little farther down the temperature is around 68° 24/7/365. A lot more efficient to use a heat/cool a circulating fluid from 68° than the ambient air from -20°/90°, huh? Problem is that it's very expensive to retrofit an existing structure. In new construction you'd be foolish not to include it. Pays for itself in less than ten years.

 

[Gonz]

I thought it was 55...68 sound better

 

[spike]

Just didn't get it?

No I get it. I gave you a link so you could get it. Do you get it now?

 

[Winky]

Spike the Universes densest object.

can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?

 

[chcr]

Credit where Credits due. Certainly not to carboner credits.

I call them carbon indulgences since they remind me so much of the indulgences rich folk used to be able to buy from Rome in the middle ages. "Sin all you want, just pay off the church." Anti-carbon worship is becoming the new popular religion and Al Gore is it's Abraham.

 

[Winky]

Earth: Ours for the taking. Rape it in the ass!

So when my energy costs skyrocket as a result
of this legislation that means I'm Rich?

 

[2minkey]

al gore is an egomaniacal blowhard who is incapable of being wrong. if there is anything to this global warming thing, al as spokesperson is NOT helping the cause.

 

[chcr]

Re: Earth: Ours for the taking. Rape it in the ass!

So when my energy costs skyrocket as a result
of this legislation that means I'm Rich?

No, it means Al Gore is richer though and he clearly thinks that should make you happy.

When energy gets expensive enough usage will go down. Voila, problem solved.

 

[Gonz]

Useage, followed by the entire economy, since we have become a power based system.

 

[H2O boy]

comment on the posts, not the users. - Leslie

 

[jimpeel]

It is interesting that there is near unanimity here, with a single exception, that Al Gore is not a good person, is lying about AGW, and is in this for nothing more than monetary profit.