Marshall Hydrothermal Recovery System

I have several parties from around the world seriously discussing licensing, but it's not a done deal yet. Should be soon.

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The oil company that I worked with looked the system over very carefully, and ran two separate computer models, both of which confirmed that the system works, but they have not yet decided to pursue it.

This is not an advantage for oil companies if they're not selling oil and instead selling cheap electricity to replace it.

I can't foresee an oil company being one of the first to build a system like this. Their business is hydrocarbons, not electrons.

Currently I'm looking for licensees, and am not considering a public offering. That may change, but right now the main interest is to license it as broadly as possible.

Hydrothermal vents are the richest source of mineral wealth in the world. The best surface mines are located over hydrothermal veins, hydrothermal vents of the geologic past.

I'm sure you can imagine that I've never visited a hydrothermal vent, but studies have shown the fluid to be brimming with iron, gold, silver, copper, zinc, cadmium, manganese, and sulfur, along with significant amounts of methane gas. Halides, sulphates, chromates, molybdates and tungstates are also abundant.

The mineral wealth could actually eclipse the energy value monetarily.

In general I agree with your views. It seems that hydrothermal vents are an important piece of the whole biosphere. To say or suggest otherwise would be foolish.

It's important to recognize the scale of the Mid-Ocean Ridge system to get some sort of perspective on what we're talking about, however. We're talking about a 60,000 km feature.

The only vents of interest to humans would be the ones closest to land masses that could use the energy, which would be only a tiny fraction of the total, and not all of them will ever be utilized. Because of that, I believe the overall impact would be negligible.

It's also important to recognize two other things. Nothing mankind has ever done has not had some consequence, yet somehow we've prevailed. Also, we need and will get power from some source. Only by directly comparing the environmental costs of hydrothermal energy to the costs of generating the same amount of power from any other source can the true benefits be noted.

I personally have a strong environmental conscience, and if I believed that I were contributing to the destruction instead of the betterment of the planet I wouldn't be doing this.

Thanks i appreciate your educative and fast reply it cleared my concerns i am with you and i hope you will have something working pretty soon all the best.

That's exactly how I see this...as one more piece of the puzzle, albeit a major piece.

Yes the system is patented and well protected.

And I'm still working on attracting those with the ability to make this happen.

There's a ton of money to be made I'm sure, but it's kinda nice to know that this can actually change the world at the same time.

And it definitely works. Computer modeling by one of the largest oil companies in the world proves that beyond any doubt.

Thanks for the encouraging words. Tell your friends and neighbors. Pass the link around.

I'll worry about a Nobel Prize some other day. Right now, getting the word out is Job 1.

I'm hurrying as fast as I can! :)

This isn't blocking the nose of Mother Nature. It's more akin to redirecting the flow from running freely down her face into a tissue.

Nothing is being stopped here. It's simply being channeled into a pipe where it can be used.

Hippy, much?

realy

The amount of kinetic energy that might be contained in the water flow would be minuscule compared to the heat energy in the water. It would not be logical to try to harness that when the thermal energy ca produce more power than can be used.

...just has an answer for everything, don't you marshall?

green with envy.

If someone posts a question I like to answer it. If someone has a suggestion I like to consider it. And if someone takes the trouble to reply I like to acknowledge it.

I consider it common courtesy.