SketchUp Model - Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)

Very Nice video.... what program did you use to add the Graphic Text?
Nice Models !!! BTW

solar only reduces the load on current power systems during the day. we need a combination

yeah, it just seems a little sketchy, but I'm open to the idea it could work. I'm just wondering if solar isn't lower-impact and also currently much cheaper?

"I'm just wondering if solar isn't lower-impact and also currently much cheaper?"

They're not competitors. Solar provides peak-load and isn't reliable unless you live near a desert. That means solar must be backed up with natural gas or hydro power for cloudy days/winter(mostly gas since hydro resource is quite limited).

Geothermal energy can provide baseload without any miracles in transmission and storage.

(Solar is most cost-effective for space heating and hot-water heating; photovoltaics are recieving ridiculous levels of subsidies to try to hurry it along(see learning curves), but still doesn't manage to be cost effective).

surely, solar power is more reliable for hot countries like australia? why not stretch the recently very cheap (i'm told) solar material like a tent top to harvest energy and cool the desert underneath and make it habitable/irrigable with all that electrickery originating from the sun?

Why not use a cooling tower?

"Why not use a cooling tower?"

Water usage? This is in an Australian desert.

do u have atleast one of these up'n'runnin?

cool, but no sound..