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I am very interested in discussing some ideas for clean energy sources that work in harmony with nature to tap into what nature provides without harming the environment. I'd like to share a small section from a book I have been reading about Yellowstone Geothermal Power.

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Doing anything is better than just burning the money up.

We should actually use a mix of different technologies to generate the power we need. Geothermal power taps the endless heat of the earth and will be much cheaper than the towers in some areas. The Yellowstone area could provide all our energy needs by itself. The buffalo would not mind. The environmentalist will love it, because nothing will do more for the environment than using clean energy. We could supply the whole countries power just from Yellowstone.

We could take a lot of heat and cool off that future super volcano a little bit and could even delay an eruption. If the Yellowstone area volcano erupts, it could destroy the US and maybe the whole world. An eruption is overdue, so anything we can do to cool it off would be a good thing.

Taking heat from Yellowstone to produce electricity could supply all our energy needs and put off an eruption. The technology to do it is available now. Greenland gets most of its power now from geothermal. We can just hire the people that did it there to do it here.
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From page 192 of The Present at www.truthcontest.com

This looks nice on paper, but is it reasonable? Could we actually walk the walk with this plan and move away from burning valuable, destructive fossil fuels? Please share your thoughts!


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