@Loire, given your experience/expertise in that particular field in that particular industry, do you happen to have any insights into the unique challenges of drilling for geothermal energy which...
The concept applies in both cases: drill a deep hole, except that one of them doesn't involve extracting any material (or cause earthquakes). The industry could very realistically pivot to geothermal if they so choose, or at least invest more heavily in it. Why they have not yet is a mystery to me.
@Loire, given your experience/expertise in that particular field in that particular industry, do you happen to have any insights into the unique challenges of drilling for geothermal energy which might explain why oil & gas companies haven't started pivoting more towards doing that?
Big Oil is quite organized for long-term planning. Think of how they orchestrated the 70-year omerta on leaded gasoline or managed to plant one of their own as vice-president (1974). As for...
remarkably short-sighted
Big Oil is quite organized for long-term planning. Think of how they orchestrated the 70-year omerta on leaded gasoline or managed to plant one of their own as vice-president (1974).
As for geothermy, nonwithstanding the technical discussion in other comments, could you explain why it is not used in industrialized countries without domestic deposits of petroleum ? (And those are, indeed, every industrialized country save for a very few).
The United States of America won't reach carbon neutrality without the government(s) divorcing from Big Oil. After several generations of inbreeding, this is going to be messy. Incidently, the...
The United States of America won't reach carbon neutrality without the government(s) divorcing from Big Oil. After several generations of inbreeding, this is going to be messy.
Incidently, the adjective green is quite childish, considering the vastitude of the issues at play in mitigating the climate change while still supplying decent amounts of energy to industrial and post-industrial nations.
$1.5 billion, or $169 per household
(State of Texas, year 2009)
I've often came accross comments or publications decrying the subsidies to the fossil industries, but it is the first time that I see some figures. I'd really like to see more.
@Loire, given your experience/expertise in that particular field in that particular industry, do you happen to have any insights into the unique challenges of drilling for geothermal energy which might explain why oil & gas companies haven't started pivoting more towards doing that?
Big Oil is quite organized for long-term planning. Think of how they orchestrated the 70-year omerta on leaded gasoline or managed to plant one of their own as vice-president (1974).
As for geothermy, nonwithstanding the technical discussion in other comments, could you explain why it is not used in industrialized countries without domestic deposits of petroleum ? (And those are, indeed, every industrialized country save for a very few).
The United States of America won't reach carbon neutrality without the government(s) divorcing from Big Oil. After several generations of inbreeding, this is going to be messy.
Incidently, the adjective green is quite childish, considering the vastitude of the issues at play in mitigating the climate change while still supplying decent amounts of energy to industrial and post-industrial nations.
(State of Texas, year 2009)
I've often came accross comments or publications decrying the subsidies to the fossil industries, but it is the first time that I see some figures. I'd really like to see more.