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Geothermal Energy

This renewable energy source uses heat that is deep within the earth. This heat energy from molten rocks underground produces hot water and steam. The steam drives turbines that generate electrical energy. The hot water can be piped to homes. The use of geothermal energy is inexhaustible and will last as long as the Earth. The use of geothermal energy was pioneered in Italy in 1904.

Wyoming Geothermal

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It might not be the same as what you have in Boise but we live in the Yellowstone area and have a lot of geothermal activity close by. We drilled a sealed well that we circulate water from through out house, pumps it out and then back into the gound in a second hole, and it heats our entire house at no cost, other than the cost of the wells of course, at no cost. We use solar to generate the electricity needed to run the circulating pumps.