The Earth's core reaches a temperature that
is 60 times greater than water when it is boiled. This heat is so tremendous in
creating pressures just 2 miles below the Earth, so have energy in huge
amounts. During a volcanic eruption, we can witness superheated fluid as magma,
a form which allows us to see the energy and power, just waiting for us to tap
into. These fluids can also be seen as steam as it trickles to the surface via
vents. By man made vents, we could contain the magma in chambers specially created
so that it could be converted into electricity, for all our heating and
lighting needs at home.
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Geothermal power has a lot of potential
when it comes to alternative energy, and much should be done to produce
geothermal energy technologies. It taps into the Earth's natural energy sources
and there is a vast amount of power to be found below the surface crust of the
Earth, if we only learn to tap into and harness it for use as energy.
Geothermal power plants are a good creation
for where a good supply of this magma, or this heated fluid can be found. Pipes
can be fitted down to the source, and the fluids, then forced up to the surface
to produce the steam which is needed. The steam would work a turbine to
generate electricity.
There is a lot of criticism in tapping into
the geothermal energy which prevents it being implemented on a much wider
scale. It is much too expensive and time consuming to look into studying and
researching a resourceful area, and then an even greater expense in building a
geothermal power plant, where there is no guarantee of being able to make a
profit. It is not known whether a site would be able to produce enough steam to
make it viable or reliable enough to even think about building it.
Environmentalists also worry about the possibilities of harmful substances
which could potentially be brought up to.
Geothermal energy does have a lot of
wonderful benefits if only the critics were quashed and we went ahead and
explored it more. As geothermal energy is one of the Earth's natural resources,
it remains a fact that it would not produce any pollutants, so what better way
than to use it. It is energy efficient as the efforts required to set up a site
to harness it is minimal, once a suitable location is found, and the plant has
been built.
Geothermal plants are also smaller than the
larger atomic energy facilities, electrical plants and the giant dams, which
means there would be less disruption to the environment. This alternative
energy means would we rely less and continue to depend on coal and oil.
Geothermal energy is endless so we would never run out of supplies. This
commodity would not become increasingly expensive as time moves on as it is
ever present. This type of energy would be so cheap once the initial costs of
set up have been recouped.
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