>>>>>>Depends how you produce it. The way GW(2)B's administration wants to do it, it seems to be using, guess what, oil. On Iceland, they use thermal energy to produce electricity, and then use that to electrolyse water, with oxygen as a byproduct.
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>>>>>Cool if you live in Iceland.
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>>>The answer in Canada apparently, is to guzzle oil.
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>>Hi Alan
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>>Actually, there is a mine in Quebec (I think) that flooded. The mine tunnels form a kind of structure like the back of a refrigerator. Water in the deepest part of the mine is heated geothermally. The heated water cools as it goes up the tunnels and is circulated.
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>>A company is using this accidental discovery to provide hot water to nearby businesses and the flow to generate electricity.
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>>This should work almost anywhere. We've not begun to think creatively about alternatives to oil.
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>Actually, there are some buildings at the south end of Toronto in the Bay/University area that use a system of piping water from Lake Ontario to heat and cool them. I'm not entirely sure how it all works, but I think it's been going on for a couple of years now. Of course it may only be practical because of the proximity to the lake.

Yes, that's happening, but it's powered by regular electricity to circulate the water. Systems like that can be purchased for use in our backyards. Heat exchangers. The thing in the mine is self sufficient.

> But let's face it, in Canada, oil is king - from Ralph Klein's "Don't mess with my oil" to Harper's "No interferance on the tar sands projects". If you run an oil company in Canada, you have pretty much carte blanche to do as you please.
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>The auto industry is going to be regulated and monitored in regard to the crap that it puts into the air, but the oil industry is exempt? What nonsense.

Oh, well, vive la gouvernance. :(