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by paulbaumgart 1429 days ago
It’s renewable by human timescale standards, just like solar energy.
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gardaani 1429 days ago
A geothermal plant running on full capacity may deplete its geothermal well in 50 years. It may take 1000 years before the geothermal system becomes a resource again [1]. Is that human timescale?

[1] https://www.savingiceland.org/2010/10/geothermal-energy-runn...

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sgift 1429 days ago
Find some scientific papers and then we can talk. Two comments without any context on a website called "savingiceland" aren't very convincing.
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thehappypm 1428 days ago
That’s not bad actually. Any power plant is gonna be decommissioned after 50 years anyway.
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