Geothermal+Energy

WELCOME TO GEOTHERMAL ENERGY!!!! (:
===﻿﻿G eothermal energy: heat within the earth === ===~Geothermal energy is a renewable resource ﻿along with solar, wind, and hydroelectric energy.~ ===

What is Geothermal Energy?
===﻿ Geothermal energy has been around as long as earth has been around. Geothermal energy is power that comes from the earths surface. It provides heat for nature and living things. Also, geothermal energy produces electricity. The temperatures of geothermal energy gets hotter than the sun's surface. The heat also reaches all the way up to the sun. When it gets hot enough, geothermal energy can travel all the way to the Earth's surface! It travels to the center of the Earth by transferring by the mantle. (One of Earth's many layers). Geothermal energy is very close associated with volcanically active regions. ===

﻿How did people in ealier times use Geothermal Energy?
=== From the ealiest times people have used geothermal water that had flowed freely from the earth, commonly called hot springs. 10,000 years ago Native americans used the hot springs for cooking and for medicine. Since the 1960's France has used up to about 200,000 homes using geothermal water. ===




How do people use Geothermal Energy today?
=== People today, drill geothermal wells into the ground to bring hot water to the surface, to make electricity, and heat for their habitats and businesses. The electricity the geothermal energy produces, is used for powering geothermal power plants. You can thank geothermal energy for the devices we use everyday that involve electricity. ===

__ ﻿ ﻿ __More really cool facts:
=== Geothermal energy is known to be the greatest natural energy sources. Geothermal energy is affected by fault lines in Earth's crust, such as volcanoes. ===

or hot water, and use it to power electricity
 Geothermal Power Plants


 * <span style="color: #ff5200; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> The stream from geothermal Energy is used to run power plants. The very first geothermal power plant was built in 1904, in Tuscany, Italy. This event took place where natural steam erupted from inside the Earth's core. The first geothermal power plant in America, however, was built in 1965, in Healdsburg, California. Wells dug down so deep to the hot rock material below the surface. When steam was produced, it was used to run power plants that produce electricity. **

T**he earth is divided into parts called plates! Each section on this diagram, (below) represents the different plates in the earth.** **Geothermal** **energy is generated along the edge of the earths plates.**
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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">PROS:
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Geothermal energy is a renewable resource, therefore it never runs out.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">It brings heat to homes.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Used to power electricity
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">You can have it whenever you want!

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">CONS :
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">It costs 2.3 MILLION dollars.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">It could overheat. (unlikely)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Geothermal power plants could cause pollution.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Lots of steam.

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