Tapping the Energy Below the Earth’s Surface

Image credit: lydurs /Flickr The heat in the upper six miles of the earth’s crust contains 50,000 times as much energy as found in all the world’s oil and gas reserves combined. Despite this abundance, only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity generating capacity have been harnessed worldwide…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tapping the Energy Below the Earth’s Surface

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