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1. RobinL ◴[] No.45152986[source]
This provides a lot of interesting info on geothermal: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/watt-lies-beneath/

And more: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/episodes/fracking-aust...

One interesting point made here is that the cost of turbines puts a floor price on any form.of generation which uses them, whether renewable or not, meaning in the long run solar has a big advantage: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/casey-handmer. I don't know how accurate that is

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2. loeg ◴[] No.45153274[source]
Kinda. We have a lot of existing coal plants that we want to offline to decarbonize, and they've already got turbines.
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3. thayne ◴[] No.45154748[source]
How hard is it to repurpose those turbines for other sources? And are they in good enough shape to get a long life out of them after being repurposed?
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4. loeg ◴[] No.45158099{3}[source]
I don't know -- I'm far from an expert on this -- but ultimately they're both steam-driven turbines.