<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Hello all,<br>I'm not an expert on geothermal but it is not exactly as cheap as mentioned in the Trib article. The environment down there is very corrosive to the equipment. Some of the water that comes up the tubes is very harmful to the environment at the surface. It apparently is difficult to deal with that. Here is an article that seems to be a balanced view.<br>http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/Geothermal_energy<br><br>There really are a lot of choices and each one has problems.<br><div> </div>David Crotty<div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
"Freund, Udo" <udo.freund@lmco.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Geyser Observation Reports <geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 2, 2008 2:27:27 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Geysers] Casper Trib article<br></font><br>
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<p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Perhaps some of you would like to read and /or comment on this article in the Casper WY Star-Tribune.</font>
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<p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Thanks,</font>
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