A century ago, coal-powered electricity was just emerging as a valuable commodity. Today, with coal’s value undercut by a number of health and environmental factors, geothermal is one of the renewable sources primed to replace that power in the global energy market. With greenhouse gases rising just as sharply as energy production, climate change is creating a similar global push for a paradigm shift to clean, sustainable sources in the electricity sector. In all this, geothermal has a powerful role to play. Unlike intermittent renewable power sources, such as wind and solar, geothermal can provide consistent energy 24-hours a day, making it an appealing baseload replacement for coal and nuclear power that are responsible for keeping the power supply stable and reliable. thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/15/3435376/geothermal-power-revolution/
Posted on: Sun, 25 May 2014 01:00:34 +0000
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