The Pros and Cons of Geothermal Power by Britcher Angela;

Author:Britcher, Angela;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing LLC

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onto a truck or train, or oil and natural gas, which can travel by tanker

truck, geothermal energy needs a system of pipes to get from the ground

to a plant or building. This means companies have to spend a lot of money

on digging wells, installing cement casings for geothermal water to ow

through, and pipes to transfer it to the power plant.

Another disadvantage of geothermal energy reservoirs being located

on fault lines is that they are often also tourist areas. People ock to see

steam shooting up from the ground. Larderello, Italy, is in the heart of

Tuscany. It has a museum so tourists can take a break from the beautiful

Tuscan scenery to see how an ancient source of energy steams up through

the ground and is turned into modern electricity.

Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland is a volcano covered by an ice cap. The mountain still

erupts and remains active, contributing to Iceland’s geothermal energy.

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