Monday, March 19, 2007

Renewable geothermal energy holds promise, but it gets little attention

By Robert Gehrke
The Salt Lake Tribune

Geologists believe Utah sits on one of the prime reservoirs of geothermal energy in the United States, an energy resource that is clean, renewable, reliable and, to date, almost entirely untapped.

And, in a time when President Bush has called in his State of the Union address for an aggressive expansion of renewable energy, geothermal enjoys little support from the administration.

Last week, as other renewable energy sources were the focus of major new initiatives, Bush once again proposed eliminating the Energy Department's office focused on expanding geothermal energy. more...