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by jddw 4319 days ago
Right, the goal is to start very small, and off grid. Then we scale and grow to grid size.
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And there's nothing that would preclude you guys from simulating geothermal with them.

1. Dig down 50-100 feet

2. Make a foundation and catch pan

3. Put in an elevated platform to hold containers

4. Lower 5-50 containers onto elevated platforms

5. Install first order heat exchangers downstairs

6. Put "roof" on

7. Cover with 30 (or more) feet of dirt or whatever you prefer

Perhaps install a bridge crane and a shaft to the surface so that you can swap power units out without digging down again. Just make incredibly massive covers (like 10ft thick concrete) without cranes on-site at the surface so that terrorists wouldn't be able to hijack stuff once they made it through the front gate.

It might look something like this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/10/google_data_center_v...

The idea of simulating geothermal is that you'll have a bunch of power generation equipment on the surface that runs on heat. It just happens that it's not a "natural" geothermal well but a man-made one.