Can We Generate Energy by Drilling Deep Ocean Holes?

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The discussion revolves around the feasibility of generating energy by drilling deep ocean holes to harness geothermal energy from the Earth's crust. Participants explore theoretical models, technical challenges, and potential energy outputs, considering both the practicality and implications of such an approach.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants propose drilling deep holes into the ocean to access extreme heat from the Earth's crust, suggesting that a generator could be set up at the bottom to harness energy from evaporating water.
  • Others highlight the significant technical challenges of drilling and maintaining such a system, including the potential disturbance to ocean life and the costs involved.
  • A participant suggests that the peak power output would depend on the flow rate of water and discusses theoretical efficiency based on temperature differences, estimating potential energy outputs.
  • Some participants introduce speculative ideas about using aether theories and magnetic systems to generate energy, although these concepts are met with skepticism from others.
  • Concerns are raised about the cooling effects of rising steam and the potential for clogging the system with condensed water, questioning the sustainability of the proposed energy generation method.
  • Discussion includes comparisons to existing geothermal power systems and the challenges of maintaining energy output over time due to cooling of the heat source.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a range of views, with some agreeing on the theoretical potential of the concept while others raise significant concerns about practicality and sustainability. No consensus is reached on the feasibility or efficiency of the proposed energy generation method.

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Limitations include unresolved assumptions about the efficiency of energy transfer, the impact of cooling on the geothermal source, and the technical feasibility of drilling and maintaining deep ocean holes.

  • #61
MiguelQ said:
look water is magnetized like matter is.. just check those videos on youtube with high power magnets and you will se water foating like zero-G
Water's relative permeability, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permeability_(electromagnetism)#Values_for_some_common_materials", is only μ/μ0=0.999992

If you're going to make fantastic claims, at least post a link to "those videos" so we have something to critique.
 
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  • #62
Erazman said:
there's already methods of harnessing energy from gravity (like from the flow of water), but not in very massive amounts.

The highest capacity power plant in the world is the Three Gorges complex currently above 20,000 MW of hydroelectric power.

The water mass of the complex is so great that it has bent the Earth's crust.
 
  • #63
thats from its mass, not its magnetism

dr
 
  • #64
Redbelly98 said:
Water's relative permeability, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permeability_(electromagnetism)#Values_for_some_common_materials", is only μ/μ0=0.999992

If you're going to make fantastic claims, at least post a link to "those videos" so we have something to critique.

He's going to link the levetating frog. Not realising that it's BECAUSE water has a low permeability (ie it's a diamagnet) that it levetates which isn't the same as magnetising it. It also required enormous field strengths.On a different note, I believe I misread what andrewbb was talking about (just reread the thread). The talk of capillary action made me thing he was trying to increase that effect by magnetism :redface:. Not that just a charged rod would encourage condenstation. Which I've never head of, but don't know enough about to comment.
 
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