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Title: Geothermal Energy


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Geothermal Energy
  • By Arianna Greenberg Christine Doka

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What is Geothermal Energy?
  • Energy derived from the heat in the interior or
    the earth
  • Found mainly on plate boundaries, otherwise known
    as geothermal hot spots

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How Geothermal Energy Works
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Advantages to Geothermal Energy
  • Virtually no pollution
  • Less
  • Less space needed
  • Conserves energy
  • Easy to produce

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Disadvantages to Geothermal Energy
  • Supply might spontaneously run out
  • Hard to find stable location to build plant
  • Large water requirements
  • Harmful gas could escape
  • Possible earthquakes

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Potential
  • Continuous energy flow
  • Could supply 20 of worlds energy

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    nitoring_and_reporting/goal_attainment_scaling_gas
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    impacts/energy_technologies/how-geothermal-energy-
    works.html
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    stone/geothermal.html
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    hermal_home-basics-k.cfm
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