Benefits of Geothermal Energy

After listening to the geothermal energy speaker on Wednesday, I could not believe all of the benefits that this energy source has. I was not familiar with this resource so I was very interested to learn about it. Geothermal energy is a source that is clean, unlike the coal and oil that we rely on today. It also greatly decreases our dependency on foreign countries in the Middle East. Geothermal energy is a renewable resource. It will not run out like many other forms of energy. It relies on the heat from the core of the earth which will not disappear. Unlike wind farms, there is very little visual impact. Geothermal energy is also much more beneficial to the environment. The only emission is steam. There are not liquid or solid emissions. The geothermal water is also recycled by being reused in reservoirs.

After finding so many positive aspects of geothermal energy, I tried to find out if there are any negatives. There were very few. One negative aspect was that it can be very expensive to install. This, however, was argued because of a new bill that was passed stating that you can get a 30% rebate, saving thousands of dollars. It is also difficult or sometimes impossible to have a geothermal energy system installed if a home is on a small property.

Overall, it seems to me that there are many more positive attributes of using geothermal energy as a clean, renewable source. Hopefully over the next few years, the few negative issues can be solved.