Dr. John Orcutt is one of the few people to see mid ocean ridges up close, when used the Alvin submarine to dive on the East Pacific Rise, a very fast burning mid ocean ridge. Dr. Orcutt is a distinguished professor of geophysics at Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UCSD. He advises OGEF on system design technical specifications and requirements and well specifications and requirements arising from or relating to the seafloor environment and [...]
http://www.energypost.eu/statoils-big-dilemma-continue-go-oil-gas-transform-energy-service-provider/#comment-162328 The article by Anders Bjartnes on “Statoil’s Big Dilemma” is fascinating and well-reasoned. It is also important far beyond the borders of Norway. Although it focuses on Norway, it addresses the future of the energy industry around the world (as it acknowledges). Another approach, also global, would be to use geothermal energy from the ocean floor to solve the issues that Mr. Bjartnes discusses. The Ocean Geothermal Energy Foundation (“OGEF”) is a nonprofit [...]
On March 21, 2015 Jim Shnell interviews Professor Wilfred Elders at the University of California, Riverside. They discussed the research and development happening now in Iceland and many other geothermal topics. The video and podcast will be released soon.
On LinkedIn - Energy Collective Group an article was posted titled, Coal: We are on the wrong track https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coal-we-wrong-track-tobias-engelmeier My response: I agree that solar is a much better resource than coal for generating electricity in the future. The main problem for solar is that it is intermittent, and cannot provide all the energy needed without balancing by either a resource that will provide baseload energy (which is what coal does) or massive amounts [...]
VISION To solve the problems of global warming and climate change, the world needs a new energy source to replace coal, oil and other carbon-based fuels. OGEF's mission is to fund the R&D needed to tap into the earth's vast geothermal energy resources on the ocean floor. Help us develop the renewable energy technology that will reduce global warming and stop climate change. OGEF Goals The most recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on [...]