Steven Novella
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1,536 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 4 Jul
Steven Novella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I'm talking about generating electricity.
Oh, just generating the electricity.
Okay.
Geothermal electricity.
You guys know the basic physics of how it works?
It ultimately relies on radioactive decay.
That may be the ultimate source of some of the heat.
So, Steve, are you saying, like, harnessing energy from vents?
How do geothermal plants make electricity?
What do they do?
Oh, okay.
It's just a way of heating water, right?
It's really the gradient itself.
It's the absolute temperature that's important.
Now, the gradient, where we talk about gradients, is like how deep do you have to go to get to the temperature you want to get to in order to generate the electricity?
So gradient is critical.
I understand.
Yeah, but when you say that, it's not like you're generating electricity from the gradient and the temperature.
It's a prerequisite.
You are heating the water.
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