>> IMAGINE IF YOU COULD SOLVE
ALL OF HUMANITY'S ENERGY NEEDS
FOR THE NEXT 2 MILLION YEARS
WITH 0 ON THAT FANS THAT'S THE
THEORETICAL PROMISE OF
GEO THOUGHT POWER BASICALLY
HARNESSING THE HEAT GENERATED
FROM
THE U.S. SCORE AND THEN USING
IT TO POWER OUR HOMES
OR FACTORIES. YOU NAME IT
GEOTHERMAL ISN'T NEW ITALY
TESTED THE FIRST VERSION OF THE
GEOTHERMAL WELL BACK IN 19 '04
AND THERE ARE ALREADY SOME 600
GEOTHERMAL PLANTS IN USE AROUND
THE
WORLD TODAY. COUNTRIES LIKE
ICELAND OF BEEN AT THE
FOREFRONT OF GEOTHERMAL
FOR YEARS AND EVEN HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES MORE THAN HALF OF
THE ENERGY ALONG THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST. ALREADY COMES
FROM THIS ENERGY SOURCE, BUT
EXPERTS LONG SAID THE
GEOTHERMAL IS JUST TOO
COMPLICATED TO IT EXPENSIVE AND
TOO DIFFICULT TO SCALE. THAT
MAY FINALLY BE ABOUT TO CHANGE.
FIRST A QUICK
GEOLOGY LESSON ABOUT 4,000
MILES BELOW THE SURFACE, THE
EARTH'S CORE CAN REACH
TEMPERATURES AS HIGH AS
5400 DEGREES CELSIUS. ROUGHLY
THE SAME TEMPERATURES THE
SURFACE OF THE SUN. IF YOU'VE
EVER RELAX IN A
HOT SPRING. YOU'VE BEEN WARMED
BY GEOTHERMAL HEAT.
ACCORDING TO ONE ESTIMATE BY
THE CLEAN ENERGY COMPANY JUST
0.1% OF THE HEAT CONTENT OF THE
EARTH OR COULD POWER ALL OF
HUMAN CIVILIZATION FOR
GENERATIONS TO CALM AND UNLIKE
OTHER RENEWABLE FORMS OF ENERGY
LIKE WIND SOLAR THE HEAT
TRAPPED IN THE EARTH'S CRUST
WILL ALWAYS BE THERE PUT
ANOTHER WAY ONCE IT'S UP AND
RUNNING A GEOTHERMAL PLANT CAN
PROVIDE 10 US ELECTRICITY
WITH THE SENSUALLY NO
ADMISSIONS FOREVER.
NOW IN ORDER TO GET THIS PASSED
SOURCE OF HEAT YOU HAVE TO
DRILL AND YOU HAVE TO DRILL FAR
THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THAT IT IS
DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO
DRILL INTO THE HARD ROCK
FORMATIONS THAT NEED TO BE
TAPPED TO REACH THE HEAT SOURCE
BELOW OUR FEET, ESPECIALLY THE
FURTHER DOWN
YOU GO. BUT NEW INNOVATIONS AND
DRILL BIT
TECHNOLOGY AND INCLUDING USING
MILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCIES TO
MELT AND VAPORIZE ROCKS ARE NOW
MAKING THAT EASIER. WHAT'S THAT
HE IS CAPTURED DRILLING THERE
ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS TO
GET TO THE SURFACE. ONE FORM OF
GEOTHERMAL PRODUCTION USES A
PUMP THAT PUSHES HOT FLUID INTO
A TANK
ON THE SURFACE WHERE THEN COOLS
AND TURNS INTO A VAPOR THAT
DRIVES A TURBINE THE BEN
POWERS,
A JET OR THE ELECTRICITY, IT
PRODUCES CAN BE USED TO POWER
AN ENTIRE GRID. ALL WITHOUT
USING ANY FOSSIL FUELS OR
GENERATING ANY CARBON SIDE
GEOTHERMAL PLANTS ARE EXPENSIVE
TO BUILD BUT THE COST OF
KEEPING THEM RUNNING ARE
RELATIVELY CHEAP. I MEAN ONCE
MORE
OF THESE ANSWER ONLINE THE
PRICE OF THE ENERGY THAT THEY
PRODUCE WILL CONTINUE TO DROP
MAKING TEAL THERMAL MORE
COMPETITIVE WITH NOT JUST OTHER
RENEWABLES BUT FOSSIL FUELS AS
WELL AND AS WE SAW IN TEXAS
LAST WEEK EXTREME WEATHER
CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOW
BECOMING THE NORM ACROSS THE