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Geothermal Energy Potential
Impacts of Using Geothermal Energy - Learn more about the environmental and economic impacts and benefits of geothermal energy technologies. Environmental Impacts and Benefits Geothermal energy does not require fuel-burning to produce heat or electricity. Therefore, geothermal technologies have minimal impact on the environment. And many U.S communities and individuals benefit environmentally from using geothermal energy.
Economic Impacts and Employment Benefits - The most important economic aspect of geothermal energy use is that it's homegrown — using geothermal energy reduces our dependence on foreign oil, creates jobs here in the United States, and more favorably balances our global trading position.
U.S. Geothermal Resource Map - The geothermal resources map of the United States below shows the estimated subterranean temperatures at a depth of 6 kilometers. To determine the Earth's internal temperature at any depth below the capabilities of normal well drilling, multiple data sets are synthesized. The data used for this figure are: thermal conductivity, thickness of sedimentary rock, geothermal gradient, heat flow, and surface temperature.
