Geothermal: Energy from the
Earth
¥Heat in the
upper 6 miles of earthÕs
crust contains 50,000 times the energy found in global oil and gas reserves
¥Plan B
goal: increase geothermal heating 5-fold to 500,000
thermal MW and geothermal electricity production
20-fold to 200,000 MW by 2020
Photo
Credit: iStockPhoto / Xiaofeng Luo