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To: uncommonsense; xcamel; sionnsar; steelyourfaith; theDentist; neverdem; cogitator
Lava is not particularly “clean” nor non-poluting.

Released gasses are notorious (sulfur, NOx in particular are worst, but many thousand variants are deadly, smelly, and corrode the pipes, if they they don't collapse or crud up the pipes while corroding them)

Very, very nasty stuff. Here, instead of just “hot rock” - there is actual lava - which is a better heat source! - but the water needed to get pumped down, then back up and cleaned, then re-pressurized and pumped back down make geothermal power very high risk, low return.

Except noxious odors. Those are about guaranteed.

11 posted on 12/17/2008 8:53:41 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

I always thought it would be cool to make a mold, capture some hot lava, dump it in the mold, and presto - sculpture.

Haven’t work out the details yet, though.


45 posted on 12/18/2008 3:47:03 PM PST by patton (Vista malware delende est - Norton Antivirus)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE; Clint Williams

51 posted on 12/18/2008 9:31:19 PM PST by cogitator
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