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   **__GEOTHERMAL G__****__ENERATION__** **Welcome to the Geothermal Generation Starting now! ** ** Put your Earth in our hands! ** (special thanks to Ms. Margaret Shih!)  President: Mr. Evan Cirafesi Vice President: Ms. Brooke Saporito C.E.O: Ms. Charlie Biegalski Director of Marketing: Mr. Nick Adinolfi

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Geothermal energy is energy from deep inside the Earth from gysers and hotsprings. It is very clean and has a 95% availability. The hot water is turned to steam and the steam is used to spin turbines that create energy. To get the water from the springs or gysers it is pumped with drills that work close to like an oil drill. By heat pumps water is heated and they produce heating and cooling of homes. We have picked this resource fo the Upper Merion Area because it is very practical for this area. There is plenty of it and very renewable plus some of the home owners in the Upper Merion Area already use it. also it has a very low cost and since Upper Merion is an suburban area, its perfect because it does not take up a lot of space.

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__**Geothermal energy used throughout the years**__ __**Past:**__1807: The first known use of geothermal energy occurred in Hot Springs, Arkansas. 1900: Hot Springs geothermal water is piped to homes in Klamath Falls, Oregon. 1973: The National Science Foundation became the head agency for geothermal programs. __**Present**:__ The environmental impact of the geothermal energy depends on how it's being used. Geothermal energy is also being used to power national parks, and heat pumps. __**Future**__: In the future, Geothermal water and heat pumps can help Upper Merion because they are easy to get and they are easy to make.

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** __Disadvantages__ ** || Solutions || || If the ecomony gets better the prices will lower || || Use Geothermal Energy from decaying rocks by applying high tempatures to them. Then it will produce Geothermal Energy || || No solution ||
 * Advantages || Reason Why ||
 * It is almost a limitless source of energy || We can use it forever ||
 * Geothermal power plants require little land || So we don't have to use a large amount of land ||
 * Direct use of Geothermal heating applications have almost no effect on the enviroment || The enviroment is not harmed ||
 * Geothermal Energy is a non-polluting source of energy || little fossil fuels used to make the energy ||
 * Disadvantages
 * Geothermal is expensive to install
 * Geothermal Energy is generated at the Earth's core,which is more than 4,000 feet into the Earth
 * Geothermal power plants produce less than one half of the electricity in the united states.





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