I am opening this blog, not as a usual blog, but a research
project. In this case, let me site Bill James’s definition of what a research project
is:
“…The key is to find
the question.
Once you find a question that is interesting and compelling, it is actually makes
very little difference to the world as a whole if you get the answer right or wrong;
It makes a difference to your own career whether you get it
right or wrong;
It makes a difference
to your pride whether you get it right or wrong;
But if you find an interesting question to research, whether
you get the answer right or wrong does not matter at all.
Because if you don’t get it right somebody else will.
Every interesting question becomes a basis for sequential
research done a lot by different people.
And the first take on the answer to it is always wrong. So
what.
What is critical is to be able to find a question that has
an answer, to which you do not know the answer.
If you can find a question which has an objective answer,
and you do not know the answer, then you have a research project.” [1]
And the project is about the Geothermal Science,
particularly the Science that comes from it.
Geothermal Science, as I see it on the slump.
As more geothermal plants
[2] and other renewable energy sources are
being developed, fewer Geothermalists are ready
to replace retiring experts.
This is the concern.
The key Question to answer is whether Geothermal Science has
matured enough to meet the demands of the industry?
I am PB, blogger of
the Dead Geothermalists Society, welcoming you to join me on my travel.
References:
[1] http://sabr.org/latest/2013-sabr-analytics-conference-highlights-bill-james
[2] http://domesticfuel.com/2014/12/31/geothermal-energy-outlook-2015/
