And Now For Our Science Lesson Of The Day

[Dr.Traveler]

If it is the former, then I haven't seen you offer into the discussion your opinion on geothermal energy nor have your made a contribution to the thread any more intelligent than our former VP.

You won't get that from PC. Her posting style has become very clear. She is never actually interested in debating the actual facts of her OP, but instead only wishes to push the partisan divide and her own "Con Vs. Lib" view point.

In short, she is a troll.

Yes, Al Gore is a scientific lightweight. Yes, he made an enormous amount of money by mis-stating facts. Yes, he is not an expert on anything other than Politics and money making.

Al Gore's incompetence doesn't change the fact that geothermal energy has a huge amount of potential, just as solar and wind does. However, the technology is not quite there yet. That in and of itself is not surprising. The first internal combustion engines weren't exactly up to todays level of power either. Technology advances and improves as people invest and research.

 

[uscitizen]

How can the earth have a core? It is flat.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Earth's Core
How does Earth's outer core reach the temperature of 5000 degrees and remain liquid, while inner core remains solid?
The inner core may be hotter, but it is at a much higher pressure. At a fixed temperature (say 5000 degrees), high pressure can make a liquid into a solid. So, even though the temperature increases as you move into the inner core, the pressure increases faster and wins.

Dr. Eric Christian
(March 2001)



Why is Earth's Center So Hot?
Why is the center of the Earth so hot?
It's a combination of radioactivity (the radioactive materials in the Earth generate heat) and the residual heat from the formation of the Earth. When all of the matter that created the Earth fell together, it picked up kinetic energy falling in. When it stopped at the proto-Earth, the kinetic energy was turned into heat. The Earth hasn't cooled yet. The Moon, being much smaller, has had time to cool and probably has a solid core.

Dr. Eric Christian

NASA's Cosmicopia -- Ask Us -- Earth and Moon


Not so fast, that's not our science lesson, this is it:

"For several years as uneducated sycophants in the media gushed and fawned over every utterance from former Vice President Al Gore, NewsBusters has informed readers of just how absurd the junk science he's peddling really is.

Last Thursday, NBC "Tonight Show" viewers got a perfect example of how the Nobel Laureate basically makes things up, and that his poor grades in college were quite an indicator of just how little he understands about science.

So egregious was his departure from reality that the following clip should be mandatory viewing for all his fans in the media who seem to be just as scientifically-challenged (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript, h/t Hot Air):

Al Gore: Earth’s Interior ‘Extremely Hot, Several Million Degrees’ | OutloudOpinion


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Geothermal power is generated by heat trapped in the earth. Currently less than one percent of power is generated from geothermal energy but the potential is unlimited and more economically viable given new drilling techniques.

Yes, by all means we should ignore the unlimited potential of geothermal energy because Al Gore doesn't know how hot the earths core is. I guess you were giving us a lesson in conservative logic...

Al Gore makes Dan Quayle look like Newton and Einstein.

WHAT A MORON! But to Libruls, he's Mr. Science

Why Does the Left Hate Science?

 

[Oddball]

Al Gore raised the whole worlds awareness of the oncoming dangers of global warming and the resultant climate change. He has now moved on to working with others on the way to power our industry with further damaging the world that our children will inherit.

I fully realize that you Consevatives do not believe in any science that does not have Tom DeLay's or Inhofe's approval, but most of the rest of us are not that stupid.

 

[Charles Stucker]

Al Gore makes Dan Quayle look like Newton and Einstein.

WHAT A MORON! But to Libruls, he's Mr. Science

That's because he invented the internet. If you doubt me, just ask Al.

 

[code1211]

2006, 2007, 2008. Three years of no catastrophic hurricanes. A good thing. Hopefully, it continues.

The article on the feasiblity and economics of geothermal generation was done by a team of MIT engineers. Of course, your politically driven opinions are worth far more than their years of training and experiance. We should all realize that, shouldn't we?

How is the MIT in the field, actually working and producing a cheap alternative actually working in the real world?

 

[PoliticalChic]

If it is the former, then I haven't seen you offer into the discussion your opinion on geothermal energy nor have your made a contribution to the thread any more intelligent than our former VP.

You won't get that from PC. Her posting style has become very clear. She is never actually interested in debating the actual facts of her OP, but instead only wishes to push the partisan divide and her own "Con Vs. Lib" view point.

In short, she is a troll.

Yes, Al Gore is a scientific lightweight. Yes, he made an enormous amount of money by mis-stating facts. Yes, he is not an expert on anything other than Politics and money making.

Al Gore's incompetence doesn't change the fact that geothermal energy has a huge amount of potential, just as solar and wind does. However, the technology is not quite there yet. That in and of itself is not surprising. The first internal combustion engines weren't exactly up to todays level of power either. Technology advances and improves as people invest and research.

Dear Diary,

They should have listened to Al Gore.

It's so very, very sad.

I took the children to Rockefeller Center to see them put up the

Christmas Tree, and... it burst into flames!

 

[code1211]

How can the earth have a core? It is flat.

Apple pie is flat and is made from apples which have cores. Mystery solved.

When God made the Earth flat, it was with the pie model in mind. He left the Core in for that reason.

Later Eve ate the apple and it fell out of favor in a divine creation sense, but the analogy stuck.

 

[hjmick]

How does Earth's outer core reach the temperature of 5000 degrees and remain liquid, while inner core remains solid?

Magic.

 

[Screaming Eagle]

Wow, that video was great! Al Gore says the Earth's core only has enough heat to provide us with 35,000 years worth of electricity and then it will be cold and hard. How is it good to do that to the planet?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

So how many other Cat 5 Hurricanes have made landfall in the US after Katrina?

I thought that the Terrible CO2 Spaghetti Monster was going to burn a hole in our atmosphere and make mo' hurricanes?

What the fucking fuck?

 

[The T]

Earth's Core
How does Earth's outer core reach the temperature of 5000 degrees and remain liquid, while inner core remains solid?
The inner core may be hotter, but it is at a much higher pressure. At a fixed temperature (say 5000 degrees), high pressure can make a liquid into a solid. So, even though the temperature increases as you move into the inner core, the pressure increases faster and wins.

Dr. Eric Christian
(March 2001)



Why is Earth's Center So Hot?
Why is the center of the Earth so hot?
It's a combination of radioactivity (the radioactive materials in the Earth generate heat) and the residual heat from the formation of the Earth. When all of the matter that created the Earth fell together, it picked up kinetic energy falling in. When it stopped at the proto-Earth, the kinetic energy was turned into heat. The Earth hasn't cooled yet. The Moon, being much smaller, has had time to cool and probably has a solid core.

Dr. Eric Christian

NASA's Cosmicopia -- Ask Us -- Earth and Moon


Not so fast, that's not our science lesson, this is it:

"For several years as uneducated sycophants in the media gushed and fawned over every utterance from former Vice President Al Gore, NewsBusters has informed readers of just how absurd the junk science he's peddling really is.

Last Thursday, NBC "Tonight Show" viewers got a perfect example of how the Nobel Laureate basically makes things up, and that his poor grades in college were quite an indicator of just how little he understands about science.

So egregious was his departure from reality that the following clip should be mandatory viewing for all his fans in the media who seem to be just as scientifically-challenged (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript, h/t Hot Air):

Al Gore: Earth’s Interior ‘Extremely Hot, Several Million Degrees’ | OutloudOpinion


[youtube]<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ns_4pzfOSTc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ns_4pzfOSTc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>[/youtube]

Geothermal power is generated by heat trapped in the earth. Currently less than one percent of power is generated from geothermal energy but the potential is unlimited and more economically viable given new drilling techniques.

Yes, by all means we should ignore the unlimited potential of geothermal energy because Al Gore doesn't know how hot the earths core is. I guess you were giving us a lesson in conservative logic...

Al Gore makes Dan Quayle look like Newton and Einstein.

WHAT A MORON! But to Libruls, he's Mr. Science

Why Does the Left Hate Science?

*IF* They can't garner MONEY/Power from it? They LOATHE it, and therefore must DEFEAT IT no matter whom it hurts.

~Gospel

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Geothermal power is generated by heat trapped in the earth. Currently less than one percent of power is generated from geothermal energy but the potential is unlimited and more economically viable given new drilling techniques.

Yes, by all means we should ignore the unlimited potential of geothermal energy because Al Gore doesn't know how hot the earths core is. I guess you were giving us a lesson in conservative logic...

Al Gore makes Dan Quayle look like Newton and Einstein.

WHAT A MORON! But to Libruls, he's Mr. Science

Why Does the Left Hate Science?

*IF* They can't garner MONEY/Power from it? They LOATHE it, and therefore must DEFEAT IT no matter whom it hurts.

~Gospel

I've peer reviewed this post and its 100% accurate.

 

[The T]

So how many other Cat 5 Hurricanes have made landfall in the US after Katrina?

I thought that the Terrible CO2 Spaghetti Monster was going to burn a hole in our atmosphere and make mo' hurricanes?

What the fucking fuck?

How Many have CAT 5's have been AIRBRUSHED into a new book?

ASK OWLGORE

Not finding any, Gore airbrushes in hurricanes for his new book

~BET

 

[The T]

Al Gore makes Dan Quayle look like Newton and Einstein.

WHAT A MORON! But to Libruls, he's Mr. Science

Why Does the Left Hate Science?

*IF* They can't garner MONEY/Power from it? They LOATHE it, and therefore must DEFEAT IT no matter whom it hurts.

~Gospel

I've peer reviewed this post and its 100% accurate.

*I* In=Turn have peer-reviewed THIS post, and find IT 100% accurate...

 

[Toronado3800]

failed politician

Darn, how many politicians have done better than two term vice president?

That said, if Gore has a special way of making ppl hate him surpassing the "W"'s. If Gore was giving lectures in favor of declaring war on Japan late in the day on Dec 7 1941 America would have remained neutral.

 

[Charles Stucker]

*IF* They can't garner MONEY/Power from it? They LOATHE it, and therefore must DEFEAT IT no matter whom it hurts.

Which 'they' do you mean?
Investment groups are all about making money. If geothermal was economically attractive then someone would be all over it by now.
Without private investment you are forced to use government investment and all the graft/inefficiency which that generates.
Thanks, but I'll take the private investment geothermal.

 

[Dr.Traveler]

If it is the former, then I haven't seen you offer into the discussion your opinion on geothermal energy nor have your made a contribution to the thread any more intelligent than our former VP.

You won't get that from PC. Her posting style has become very clear. She is never actually interested in debating the actual facts of her OP, but instead only wishes to push the partisan divide and her own "Con Vs. Lib" view point.

In short, she is a troll.

Yes, Al Gore is a scientific lightweight. Yes, he made an enormous amount of money by mis-stating facts. Yes, he is not an expert on anything other than Politics and money making.

Al Gore's incompetence doesn't change the fact that geothermal energy has a huge amount of potential, just as solar and wind does. However, the technology is not quite there yet. That in and of itself is not surprising. The first internal combustion engines weren't exactly up to todays level of power either. Technology advances and improves as people invest and research.

Dear Diary,

They should have listened to Al Gore.

It's so very, very sad.

I took the children to Rockefeller Center to see them put up the

Christmas Tree, and... it burst into flames!

Work on your reading skills. That, or find someplace, any place, where I say that Al Gore is right about Global Warming.

If you actually took the time to do your research, you'd find that I'm not a "warmer", but then again I should know better than to expect that from you.

On topic: Geothermal could work. We're not at a point where it is financially viable yet partially because cheaper alternatives exsist, namely fossil fuels. Prices on fossil fuels haven't reached the critical mass where serious and dedicated research into alternative fuels is financially viable.

It would be worth working on these topics ahead of time.

 

[Dr.Traveler]

If geothermal was economically attractive then someone would be all over it by now.

By the way, this is why research into alternative energy (which could potentially make us energy independent) has failed. The prices of exsisting technology is just still too cheap, despite environmental, national security, and other concerns.

You really won't see wind, solar, or geothermal take off until the cost for other energy sources rise. Now nuclear, and why it is not more widespread, is another issue.

 

[Charles Stucker]

Now nuclear, and why it is not more widespread, is another issue.

Nuclear would be more used if we could keep the reactors safe.
That won't happen until the "captains of Industry" are held to the same level of accountability as the captains of US Navy ships. Cutting corners for immediate profits eventually causes problems, those problems are the reason no one wants a fission reactor in their area. Though anyone who smokes and complains about the cancer risk is a hypocrite.