The Geysers (1960)

CNN í dag: "Years before most knew about green energy, Iceland was tapping into its geysers and volcanoes"

Þetta er nú meira stuðið!

Hér smá fróðleikur af netinu, mitt er í bold:

1970:
The Geothermal Resources Council is formed to encourage development of geothermal resources worldwide: The Geothermal Steam Act is enacted, which provides the Secretary of the Interior with the authority to lease public lands and other federal lands for geothermal exploration and development in an environmentally sound manner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geysers 
"The United States is the country with the greatest geothermal energy production.^[24] The largest dry steam field in the world is The Geysers, 72 miles (116 km) north of San Francisco. The Geysers began in 1960, has 1360 MW of installed capacity and produces over 750 MW net. Calpine Corporation now owns 19 of the 21 plants in The Geysers and is currently the United States' largest producer of renewable geothermal energy. The other two plants are owned jointly by the Northern California Power Agency and the City of Santa Clara's municipal Electric Utility (now called Silicon Valley Power)."

Ekkert miðað við höfðatölu? Og þó, fer eftir hvernig það er skoðað: " It is estimated that the development meets 60 percent of the power demand for the coastal region between the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oregon state line.^[1]" 

Kanar eru sem sagt ekki eins vitlausir og menn vilja vera láta. Einn munur á okkar landi og usa er að spilling stórfyrirtækja hefur verið fyrir hendi til að beina góðum hugmyndum af lestarsporinu. Í USA eru olíufyrirtæki á innsta kopp, eins og menn ættu að vita. Til þess eru vítin að varast þau.

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