Why is geothermal energy so important?

Today, we burn fossil fuels for daily use when we could be uses geothermal energy. Fossil fuels were found to be the leading contributors  to the Green house gases. Finding these renewable energy sources will help us with a better future.  

Sources

                                www.essortment.com/articles/geothermalenergy1700.html
www.chevron.com/delivingenergy/geothermal/?gclid=CIGbtauI06YCFjd4AodlgtVtth
www.lacasseheating.com/geothermalprices.php

even more sources to check out

http://www.greenlivinganswers.com/archives/178

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=geothermal_home-basics

Want to learn more? Check out these sites!!

www.greenlivinganswers.com/archives/178
www.wisehomedesign.com/how-does-geothermal-energy-work.html

more sources

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter11.html

http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/renewables/geothermal/#powerplants

http://geothermal.marin.org/geopresentation/sld001.htm

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=77512

Cool facts

Cool fact: geothermal heated water is used to speed up the growth of fish!

Cool fact: alligators also hang out in geothermal heated water in states such as Idaho.

Cool fact: Geothermal energy is also used for factory and industrial uses. One example of this is a plant in Brady Nevada dries out onions for Burger King.

Cool fact: there are pipes under some roads like in   Klamath Falls, Oregon that use geothermal energy to keep them from freezing over in the winter.

Source

The source of geothermal energy comes from the Earth’s core. Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source because the heat is continuously made inside the Earth.