Indiana assisted suicide bill may permit euthanasia (homicide).

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Indiana House Bill 1020 is sponsored by State Rep Matt Pierce (D) and was introduced on January 7.

House Bill 1020 claims to legalize assisted suicide, but the bill could be interpreted wide enough to permit euthanasia (homicide).

For instance, Section 3. (a) (5) of the bill states that:

has voluntarily expressed to the attending physician a wish to receive medical aid in dying; may make a written request in accordance with this chapter for medication that the patient may self-administer to end the patient’s life.

The assisted suicide request form, in the bill, that is designed to be signed and witnessed states:

I request that my attending physician prescribe medication that I may self-administer to end my life in a humane and dignified manner and that the attending physician contact a pharmacist to fill the prescription.

You will be told that may self-administer means that the person may change their mind. Using the term, may self-administer, can be interpreted to mean that the legislation allows someone else to administer the lethal drug cocktail.

It is important to note that one of the witnesses can be an heir. 


The bill requires the physician state on the death certificate that the cause of death is the person’s medical condition and not assisted suicide.

The bill also uses a self-reporting system that enables assisted suicide doctors to cover-up questionable deaths.


The bill requires, the attending physician to approve and prescribe the lethal drug cocktail and then report the death after the person dies by assisted suicide. Once a person is dead, who will ever know if something illegal occurred?

The legislation provides a reporting system that allows abuse of the law. No third party is required to approve or report the death, and no one is required to witness the death, to ensure compliance with the law.

Just to ensure that the assisted suicide physician is protected under the law, the legislation only requires that the physician was in “good faith”. It is absurd that only a “good faith” compliance is required for a physician to prescribe a lethal drug cocktail.

House Bill 1020 does recognize that these deaths may take a long time. It states that the patient must expect that the death will take 3 hours, but it might take longer.

Recent experimental lethal drug cocktails have resulted in painful drawn out deaths. People have reported that the drug cocktails have burned the persons mouth and throat causing them to scream in pain. The length of the death is usually a few hours, but some of the deaths have taken 30 hours.

Death with dignity? I think not.

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Iceland: New Method to Image Reykjanes Peninsula High-Enthalpy Geothermal Fields

3D S-wave velocity imaging of Reykjanes Peninsula high-enthalpy geothermal fields with ambient-noise tomography (Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research)

Tomographic imaging based on ambient seismic noise measurements has shown to be a powerful tool, especially in areas like Iceland, where the microseism illumination is excellent.

In this paper, we produce a 3D S-wave tomographic image over the western Reykjanes Peninsula high-enthalpy geothermal fields and evaluate the reliability of the tomographic results for different resolutions through simulated and real data.

This study shows the potential of ambient noise tomography as complementary seismological tool for reservoir characterization.

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3D S-wave velocity imaging of Reykjanes Peninsula high-enthalpy geothermal fields with ambient-noise tomography, by J.E.Martins. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. Available online 6 November 2019, 106685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106685

Netherlands: French Energy Developer Buys into Dutch Geothermal Heat Company

ENGIE neemt leidende positie in aardwarmte met overname Hydreco Geomec – ENGIE takes a leading position in geothermal energy with the acquisition of Hydreco Geomec (News Release)

ENGIE heeft Hydreco Geomec overgenomen. Met deze overname wordt ENGIE marktleider en versterkt ze haar slagkracht op het gebied van aardwarmte. Hydreco Geomec is een sterk groeiend bedrijf op gebied van aardwarmte ontwikkeling en productie met een solide missie: met geothermische warmte bijdragen aan de transitie naar duurzame energie. Deze missie past perfect in de ambitie van ENGIE om leiding te nemen in duurzame gebiedsontwikkeling.

(From Google Translate) ENGIE has acquired Hydreco Geomec. With this acquisition, ENGIE becomes the market leader and strengthens its power in the field of geothermal heat. Hydreco Geomec is a rapidly growing company in the field of geothermal heat development and production with a solid mission: to contribute to the transition to sustainable energy with geothermal heat. This mission fits perfectly with ENGIE’s ambition to take the lead in sustainable area development.

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Turkey: Geothermal Heat Enough to Increase Greenhouse Temperature by 25 Degrees

Turkey: Geothermal greenhouse to be built in Didim (Horti Daily)

(Courtesy Aydin Hedef)

The environmental assessment process for a geothermal greenhouse to be built in the Didim district of Aydin has officially started. The greenhouse which will cost around 50,000 USD to build, will be 3-hectares in size with a geothermal well drilled within the area. The heat generated from the well will be enough to increase the greenhouse temperature up to 25 degrees by itself.

The greenhouse will be built with a PE greenhouse cover at the top of the galvanized steel construction and polycarbonate cover on the sides. The greenhouse is expected to become operational during 2020 and will be used to grow tomato, green pepper, cucumber, and cut flowers. 16 people will be employed at the greenhouse when it becomes fully operational.

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Science & Technology: Geothermal District Heating and CO₂ Capture and Storage Project

What if storing CO₂ would also allow us to heat our homes? (The Conversation)

BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières) has been involved in several research projects on CO₂ capture and storage (CCS) over the past 25 years. Since 2013 however, BRGM and its partners have been working on a new CCS option that is simpler to implement, less expensive and suited to downscaling so it can be applied locally to reduce CO₂ emissions from “small” industrial facilities.

The CO₂-Dissolved solution, developed by BRGM, proposes a new approach to CCS that is perfectly adapted to these small industrial emitters. One main difference is that the CO₂ is stored entirely dissolved in the salt water of a deep aquifer, as opposed to the conventional approach where CO₂ is compressed into a dense state.

To do this, water is pumped from the deep reservoir via a production well before being reinjected back underground via a second injection well, after dissolution of the CO₂ captured at the industrial plant. Together these two wells constitute what is called a “doublet”, identical to the doublets used in deep geothermal exploitation. This similarity of infrastructure makes it possible to extract simultaneously the heat contained in the water pumped from the reservoir.

Not only would the storage of these emissions substantially improve the carbon footprint of these industries, but the added advantage of using geothermal energy as a means of heating and thus replacing fossil-fuel energies would further reduce the environmental bill.
Ongoing work is aimed at preparing the first CO₂ injection tests in an existing geothermal doublet. This will validate the essence of the CO₂-Dissolved concept, by testing in particular the injection device and the methods of continuous monitoring of the CO₂ dissolution in the water of the injection well. The next step will be to implement, on an industrial site, a first demonstrator of the full technology.

Science & Technology: Paper Suggests CO2 Emissions from Geothermal Energy are Significantly Less than from Solar PV

Geothermal energy is better than solar energy: IIT-H (Telangana Today)

The total CO2 emissions during the lifecycle of a solar pv cell are about 3312 × 106 kg. This is far higher than a geothermal energy source, which emits about 450 g/kWh.

An extensive analysis by the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) and researchers from Monash University, Australia has suggested geothermal energy – the use of the earth’s heat to generate power – is better than photovoltaic energy in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. The researchers also suggest that a combination of renewable energy technology must be adopted in this era of dwindling fossil fuel reserves and increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
This analysis was undertaken by Prof D Chandrasekharam, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-H, and Prof G Ranjith Pathegama, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Their Research paper was published recently in the reputed peer-reviewed journal Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources.
Chandrasekharam, D., Ranjith Pathegama, G. CO2 emissions from renewables: solar pv, hydrothermal and EGS sources. Geomech. Geophys. Geo-energ. Geo-resour. 6, 13 (2020) doi:10.1007/s40948-019-00135-y

France: New Online Information Portal Dedicated to Geothermal Energy

Géothermie : l’Ademe et le BRGM lancent un portail d’informations – Geothermal energy: Ademe and BRGM launch an information portal (Actu-Environnement)

L’Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie (Ademe) et le Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières (BRGM) ont mis en ligne un nouveau portail d’informations consacré à la géothermie. Le site Internet dédié est « géothermies.fr ». Son objectif est de « comprendre cette énergie durable et de favoriser son utilisation par les particuliers, les collectivités et les entreprises », expliquent l’Ademe et le BRGM.

(From Google Translate) The Environment and Energy Management Agency (Ademe) and the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM) have launched a new information portal dedicated to geothermal energy . The dedicated website is ”  géothermies.fr “. Its objective is to “understand this sustainable energy and encourage its use by individuals, communities and businesses”, explain Ademe and the BRGM.

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Kenya: Geothermal Development Company Announces New Exploration in West of Menengai Crater

New steam drilling plant in Nakuru to raise clean energy stock (Business Daily Africa)

Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has applied for approval from the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) for the green light to prospect for fresh wells in the vast Menengai Crater.
GDC did not disclose the projected cost of the project — Menengai West Geothermal Drilling Project — adding that the specific locations to be explored and depth of the wells will depend on the funds available.
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