Before the Flood - National Geographic Movie

British Columbias Extensive Geothermal Reserves

A closer look at the map indicates extensive geothermal reserve from which electric energy could be produced much of which is adjacent to large transmission lines.

Geothermal Resources Map of BC

Breakthrough in Lithium Extraction Using Geothermal Electric Plants

Energy Source has discovered a breakthrough in the extraction of lithium, manganese and zinc from geothermal brine at the Salton Sea using waste water from a geothermal electric plant. The following diagram shows the process.

This is a Diagram of the Intial Extraction Process before Energy Source's Breakthrough

What is exciting about this process is the energy need to run the extraction plant comes from the geothermal electric plant that supplies the waste water, so it is not using fossil fuels in its process. It is, in fact, a waste free, low energy, and low land impact process. In the past, we would have had to rely on open pit mines and fossil fuel processing plants to achieve what this company has achieved. They I think have discovered a 21st-century method of mining!

As it sits today there are 19 operating geothermal plants in the Imperial county. More are plant the largest being one proposed by an Australian company called Controlled Thermal Resources. This new plant will be called the Hell's Kitchen plant and it will be five times bigger than any of the other plants.

Geothermal Industry Wants Alberta's Abandoned Wells

In Alberta, the Geothermal industry would like to convert some of the 77,000 abandoned oil wells into Geothermal electric plants. Oil wells consider hot water, that contains gigajoules of energy a waste product and paying to have it trucked it away. In North Dakota, a micro geothermal generation plant that fits into two shipping containers is now producing 250kW of power from two wells. This could be a great plan for Alberta. Even after the water is used to produce electricity the still warm water could be used to heat greenhouses in the winter, heat homes, melt snow, and a myriad of other uses. One can only image the uses farmers and towns would make of these resources.

Illustration of a Dutch System used in Indonesia

Converting this resource to geothermal energy would not only put oil workers back to work as much of the technological training in the geothermal field is the same as the oil industry. In addition to that, it would create more permanent higher quality job opportunities than the oil industry produces.

Heat Map of Alberta Showing Key Hot Zones

Powerwall 2 & Solar Roof Launch

Tesla Motors and Solar City have worked together to create a better roof that collects solar, lasts longer, insulates and looks great. The roofing material is made from a glass that will withstand a blow that would shatter all non ashphalt roofing materials. The roofing looks exactly like either tile, slate or clay roofing with build in solar panels. The roofing is paired with Tesla's new power wall units that are typically placed on the walls of the garage next to the charging unit for the electric cars.

The solar tiles are integrated into the roof but are invisible from the street, yet are fully exposed to the sun from above.

The overall cost of the roofing will still be less than installing a regular roof and paying the electrical company for power from conventional sources. More important it converts you house to fossil fuel free existance, and when you buy that electric car it will power that as well.

Power Wall Two

The new powerwall introduced with this roofing is twice as powerful as powerwall one, and the speicifications are found in the following diagram.

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