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There are types of pollution associated with geothermal energy. The most important is the release of greenhouse gasses that were trapped underground and allowed to be released because the geothermal units provide outlets for them; this is true of open circuit systems. The pollution caused is not very large, and is probably no worse than the incidental (non-radioactive) pollution associated with nuclear power.

Closed circuit geothermal systems do not release these greenhouse gasses in the course of normal operation, and these are comparable in their carbon footprint with wind, hydro, and recent solar photovoltaic technology.

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