Geothermal works just like a steam engine except instead of burning coal/oil water is injected deep into the earth where temperatures are greater causing the water to turn to steam which is extracted and used to power turbines to generate electricity, or warm homes.
Geothermal energy is NOT a renewable source of energy, once the ground heat is extracted, it will not regenerate for thousands of years. Extracting heat form the ground will cause the ground to cool and the process of heat extraction will slowly become less and less efficient.
Also the salts in the groundwater can cause very bad corrosion in the extraction system. In many cases geothermal energy is being oversold to people.
geothermal energy is used to rotate turbines which in turn produce electricity
Geothermal energy might be a good energy sources and it might be commonly used in the future because there are clearly no disadvantages to geothermal energy.
Geothermal energy is thermal energy that is made and stored in the Earth. Thermal energy determines the temperature of things. Geothermal energy can be used for electricity.
geothermal energy is used to heat homes and provide electricity.
geothermal energy is used in the earth something like solar energy but instead the energy comes from the earth and not the sun.
People have used geothermal energy since the dawn of civilization for cooking and bathing
Geothermal energy presently is being used in Hawaii and in parts of the western United States.
geothermal energy is commonly used in the earth something like solor energy by instead comes from the earth and not the sun
The paleo-Indians of North America used geothermal energy 10,000 years ago to cook food. In the 18th century Italy used geothermal energy for industrial purposes, but the first geothermal power plant was put in in 1913.
10,000 years ago geothermal energy served as a source of warmth and cleansing while the minerals of geothermal energy was used for a source of healing
Geothermal energy presently is being used in Hawaii and in parts of the western United States.
Geothermal energy presently is being used in Hawaii and in parts of the western United States.