By Elmer Beauregard
Al Gore was out pimping his new book on Conan the other night, when the subject Geothermal Energy came up. After Conan said drilling holes to the center of the earth sounded a little Lex Luther like. Al said that the earth's core is "several million degrees".

The interior of the earth is hot, between 5000 - 9000 degrees Celsius, but not "several million degrees." The surface of the Sun is only estimated to be 6000º C.

Conan: Now, what about ... you talk in the book about geothermal energy ...
Al: Yeah, yeah.
Conan: and that is, as I understand it, using the heat that's generated from the core of the earth ...
Al: Yeah.

Conan: ... to create energy, and it sounds to me like an evil plan by Lex Luthor to defeat Superman. Can you, can you tell me, is this a viable solution, geothermal energy?

Al: It definitely is, and it's a relatively new one. People think about geothermal energy -- when they think about it at all -- in terms of the hot water bubbling up in some places, but two kilometers or so down in most places there are these incredibly hot rocks, 'cause the interior of the earth is extremely hot, several million degrees, and the crust of the earth is hot ...

So why is this guy the climate expert? Al thinks its OK to drill millions of wholes deep into the earth's core but its not OK to use incandescent light bulbs.
Thanks Hot Air

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