U.S. Stimulus Plan to Boost Geothermal Energy Prospects
by Kimberly N. Chase
- USA -
• Steam rises from a fumarole at The Geysers, the
30-square-mile steam field about 70 miles north of San Francisco. Photograph by Kimberly N. Chase. •
These well-hidden hot springs offer an excellent way to comprehend the massive strength of the energy that lies just below the Earth’s surface. Located on the Pacific’s Ring of Fire and over the fault between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, here the Earth’s latent heat bubbles up from beneath California’s earthly crust - a perfect place for a power plant.
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