Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "Could Earth's Heat Solve Our Energy Problems?" video.

  1. Geothermal has its place but as you’ve said it’s not cheap. The big (No) the HUGE problem today is coal. The stuff is a massive polluter not to mention the high CO2 emissions. The author brushes over nuclear power but if the hazards and waste issues are resolved it really does become economic and of course it’s zero CO2 and non polluting. Use thorium as fuel and the resource is almost limitless. Today’s molten salt reactors remove the hazards that to date have made nuclear so expensive and led to all three of TMI, Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents. These new designs can easily undercut coal on costs and as they fully burn the fuel there is no long life waste to deal with.
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