[Lanny_MacDonald]

Geothermal Power

The earth is a very active place and generates unbelievable amounts of heat that is released into the atmosphere each day. This release of heat can easily be harnessed and converted into electrical power.

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/powerplants.html

Here’s a link to Alberta’s next door neighbors using this technology.

http://www.montanagreenpower.com/ren...mal/index.html


The problem with implementing solutions like these are all cultural. We presently don’t think in this fashion. The concept of a cycle just doesn’t dawn on many people. They think that consumption is a linear process and cannot be more of a cycle that is self-sustaining. As a society, we have ceased to think about using all the resources of something we harvest. We used to have this mindset, but we stopped doing it for some reason. Mass production and even greater consumption has shut down the part of our brains that drove us to use every part of anything that was harvested. We have become a culture of waste. We don’t have to be that way.

Who can drive these initiatives? We all can. We can make demands on manufacturers to provide the products we desire. We can force the builders to start using better materials and incorporate these energy producing products. We can demand that new communities and developments use this energy self-sufficiency design. We can demand of our government that they reward those industries and individuals that become green with tax credits equal to the dollars invested in these technologies. We have the power to make these existing technologies become the new power standard and lead to a cleaner environment for our grand children. All it takes it some effort on our part.