America can kick its addiction to fossil fuels by drilling more wells, says a panel of experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Not for oil, but to tap Earth’s heat.
Converting geothermal heat into electricity by pouring water onto hot rocks underground and using the steam to turn turbines is arguably the most promising – and renewable – source of “green” energy on the planet. So concludes the MIT experts’ report, released on Monday, which examines what geothermal energy could do for the US in the 21st century.
The 18-member panel calculated that there is more than enough extractable hydrothermal energy…
