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Originally Posted by Otto
Some smart people have made two proposals regarding old oil wells. I propose doing both, simultaneously:
1. Use the existing but non-economic holes for geothermal purposes by pumping water down them to capture geothermal heat.
2. Add microbes to eat up the oil residue, making natural gas in the process, which can be bottled and burned for energy.
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NOW there is an Idea. I really don't know what the temp is at the bottom of a well. A local guy is putting windmills on abandoned offshore platforms, I'll try ask him next time I see him, sounds right up his alley. FYI the initial reason for the oil rig windmills is that it is easier to get permits to build an oil well than to build a windmill, then he realized that there were plenty of pre-existing oil wells sitting abandoned.