Why Geothermal?
PROCLIMATION OF INDEPENDENCE
FROM NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY USE
Q: How Can Nations of the World Become Almost Entirely Independent from Non-Renewable, “Dirty” Energy?
A: By Utilizing Renewable, “Clean” Geothermal Energy!!*
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*Geothermal Energy Could Provide All the Energy the World Will Ever Need
By Unni Skoglund, GEMENI | Norway, 2010
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/print/article/2010/09/geothermal-energy-is-the-solution-for-the-future
*Geothermal – The Energy Under Our Feet Geothermal Resource Estimates for the United States | 2006
Bruce D. Green and R. Gerald Nix, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NREL is operated by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/pdfs/40665.pdf
*Abundant Power from Universal Geothermal Energy
Kevin Bullis, 2006
An MIT chemical engineer explains why new technologies could finally make "heat mining" practical nearly anywhere on earth.
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17236&a=f
Shallow Geothermal Energy
- Sustainable - (self replenishing)
- Environmentally Friendly - (emits little or no greenhouse gases)
- Reliable - (average system availability of 95%)
- Readily Available - (vastly abundant throughout the world)
- Efficient - (most efficient renewable energy)
- Economical - (most economical among renewable energies)
Source: F. Komlos. etc. Heat Pump Systems 2009
Deep Geothermal Energy
Engineering Geothermal System (EGS)
Deriving energy from subterranean heat is no longer limited to volcanic regions, it can be made to work almost anywhere.
Source: Hot Rocks and High Hopes, The Economist, Sept. 2, 2010