Comments on: Geothermal Sees Steady Growth in 2011 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/07/geothermal-sees-steady-growth-in-2011/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/07/geothermal-sees-steady-growth-in-2011/#comment-127342 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36658#comment-127342 Death of a thousand cuts – that’s how we get rid of fossil fuels.

As Petar points out, we are in danger of ruining all pristine areas with our use of fossil fuels.  Even the desert ecosystem cannot withstand much higher temperatures without turning into a sterile landscape devoid of plant and animal life. 

]]> By: Petar Posavec http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/07/geothermal-sees-steady-growth-in-2011/#comment-127311 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:23:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36658#comment-127311 Geothermal emits only 1 tenth of pollutants into the atmosphere compared to coal power plants (all of which can be mitigated with proper filtering). As for ruining pristine areas… I’m sorry, but what exactly is more important? A  temporary pristine view which would be ruined at some point due to coal power plants… or a sustainable energy source (geothermal) which btw is renewable? 

]]> By: lukealization http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/07/geothermal-sees-steady-growth-in-2011/#comment-117728 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:49:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36658#comment-117728 Geothermal is a good source of baseload power for a future with wind and PV, but will never dominate the energy consumption matrix.

Not to mention 9 times out of 10 it can ruin pristine geothermal areas (I live in NZ… it’s bad here), and does actually emit pollutants, plus it is a finite resource.

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