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To: SamAdams76

GORE: 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 ...


15 posted on 10/22/2011 8:41:09 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I won't vote for Romney. I won't vote for Perry.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Millions of degrees? Well, no one knows for a certainty, but estimates (of the hottest portions) pretty much max out at 7000c which is around 12,000f. Not even close to a million, but as still hot as Hades, no doubt.


22 posted on 10/22/2011 8:59:55 PM PDT by 7MMmag (don't hate the haters. just hate the haters who hate the haters here. got it?)
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To: ClearCase_guy
You were quoting the Goracle? Sorry, I didn't quite catch that...

My apologies.

23 posted on 10/22/2011 9:01:46 PM PDT by 7MMmag (don't hate the haters. just hate the haters who hate the haters here. got it?)
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