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Red Sea Geothermal Provinces (Hardcover)
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Red Sea Geothermal Provinces (Hardcover)
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"Today, over two billion people in developing countries live
without any electricity. They lead lives of misery, walking miles
every day for water and firewood, just to survive. What if there
was an existing, viable technology, that when developed to its
highest potential could increase everyone's standard of living, cut
fossil fuel demand and the resultant pollution" said Peter Meisen,
President, Global Energy Network Institute in 1997. Even though
energy is available, technology was not matured enough to tap this
energy in the nineties. Now, with the advancement of drilling
technology, extracting heat from hot rocks has become a reality.
Very soon when CO2 replaces the circulation fluid to extract heat
from granites then both fossil fuel based and renewable energy
sources will coexists balancing the CO2 emissions and providing
energy, food and water security to the rich and the poor countries.
Red Sea rift represents the youngest spreading ridges in the world
with a vast amount of heat energy stored on either side. The Red
Sea is surrounded by countries with a weak economy. Developing a
geothermal energy based economy in countries like Eritrea, Djibouti
and Ethiopia will provide food and water security to these
countries while for other countries, geothermal energy will help in
mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Although geothermal energy
sources are available in all the countries since the opening of the
Red Sea, millions of years ago, this was not brought to the light.
Oil importing countries became highly dependent on the oil rich
countries to sustain their economy and growth and thus remained
poor. This book unfolds the huge energy source, hydrothermal and
EGS, for the benefit of the poor countries to reduce poverty and
lift the socio economic status of these countries. The book deals
with i) future energy demand, ii) CO2 emissions associated with
fossil fuel based power plants, iii) black carbon emissions
associated biomass energy source and iv) strategies to reduce CO2
emissions by using geothermal energy as energy source mix in all
the countries-oil exporting and oil importing countries- around the
Red Sea. The amount of energy available from hot granites in all
the countries is well documented. EGS being the future energy
source for mankind, this book will form the basis for future
research by young scientists and academicians. Availability of
fresh water is a matter of concern for all countries. The only way
to satisfy the thirst of a growing population, to meet drinking
water demand and food security, is to depend on seawater. A large
volume of CO2 is being emitted from desalination plants supported
by fossil fuel based energy sources. This book describes the
advantages of using geothermal energy sources for the desalination
process to meet the growing water and food demand of the countries
around the Red Sea. Oil rich countries, using its geothermal
resources, can now reduce food imports and become self sufficient
in food production. This book gives hope for millions of children
living in the underdeveloped countries around the Red Sea to
satisfy their hunger and live a decent life with a continuous
source of electricity, water and food available. This book ends
with a note on the economic benefits of geothermal energy vs other
renewables. With the signing of the GGA (Global Geothermal
Alliance) by several countries during the December 2015 CoP 21
summit in Paris, policy makers and administrators will work
together in implementing the necessary infrastructure and support
to develop this clean energy source.
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