Geothermal Energy of The Future

[greencat]

Advantages

The main advantage of the geothermal resource is that it does have any harmful effects on the planet, it does not pollute the earth in any way and it doesn’t cause global warming. Also the amount of energy within 10,000 meters of the earth’s surface contains 50,000 times more energy than all oil and gas resources in the world. Using geothermal energy is also very affordable, sustainable and reduces the amount of fossil fuels we use.



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[aom-sg]

Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source because the heat is continuously produced inside the Earth.

[Nicolas_Thomas]

Geothermal energy is heat energy available from the earth. Geothermal energy has been used for thousands of years in the form of hot springs for bathing, heating, cooking and medicinal reasons.

Geothermal energy is considered a sustainable resource in that the heat generated in the earth will still be around for millions of years. Heat is conducted from the earth’s core, which has a temperature of about 6000 degree Celsius. Some of the heat in the earth comes from the sun which will also continue to burn for billions of years.

Today, geothermal energy is used around the world for heating and electrical generation. To produce electricity, the geothermal resource must be concentrated and easy to access.

[SolarGuy]

I thought it was interesting that a day or so ago I read a post where even George Bush uses geothermal energy ... Hell must have frozen over ;-)

Read about it here:
George W. Bush: 'Diversify Away From Oil'

[Desert Rat]

Originally Posted by SolarGuy

I thought it was interesting that a day or so ago I read a post where even George Bush uses geothermal energy ... Hell must have frozen over ;-)

Read about it here:
George W. Bush: 'Diversify Away From Oil'

That is very interesting, thanks for sharing SolarGuy.

[Nicolas_Thomas]

There are three advantages of using geothermal energy to generate electricity:
• Clean, minimal emissions of carbon dioxide
geothermal power plants do not have to burn fuel (coal or gas) to create energy. As a result, geothermal generation emits from zero to 10% of the CO2 emissions of a coal fired power station.
• Reliable and run 24/7
Geothermal power plants are designed to run 24 hours a day, all year. A geothermal power plant sits right on top of its fuel source. Unlike wind or solar, geothermal can provide steady base load supplies of electricity, night and day, regardless of the weather.
• Easy on the land
the land area required for geothermal power plants is smaller per megawatt than for most other type of power plant. Geothermal installations don't require coal mines or damming of rivers.