Talk:Geothermal energy

Maths Error
"Estimates of the electricity generating potential of geothermal energy vary six–fold, from .035 to 2 TW depending on the scale of investments." - That's a factor of sixty, not six. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.61.117.39 (talk) 02:53, 4 September 2010

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Citation error
I am evaluating an article for a class, and I chose to evaluate citations. I found that citation #3 states that the information given was in chapter 1, but when searching I could not find that information. I searched a few other chapters and did not find that information in any of them PNWAnthroNut (talk) 19:25, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Cost of Drilling Math Wrong?
Hey, if the failure rate of drilling is 20%, and the cost of drilling at all is $10M, then the cost of drilling, once accounting for failures is $12.5M not $50M: $10M + $10M * 0.2. I think the author used $10M / 0.2 instead.

I'm not an expert here though. Can someone confirm the cost is truly $12,500,000 USD? BlackVegetable (talk) 16:28, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Oh that's embarrassing. I showed my work wrong. Urgh, too tired to fix it. Basically every four drills has to pay for the fifth failure, so each would add 25%, not 20% to their costs.

BlackVegetable (talk) 16:30, 26 June 2024 (UTC)