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2006-12-13 09:47:20 · 11 answers · asked by WaZuP_dUdE? 1 in Environment
Short & Sweet. Geothermal energy is renewable. It is using the heat generated from the earth as the energy source.
2006-12-13 09:53:40 · answer #1 · answered by MJB319 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is renewable. For all practical purposes, that is. It would take a VERY long time for a VERY large number of geothermal electric plants to cool down the earth even a fraction of a degree.
2006-12-13 09:55:48 · answer #2 · answered by saragon900 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a renewable resource. It comes from the earth's own heat from convection currents in the asthenosphere, so that means it will last forever until the earth ends. It's not a very hard concept to grasp, and I think you will do just fine. Good luck!
2006-12-13 09:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by gotboykin_08 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geo-Earth, thermal-heat. Answer is renewable, there will always be heat generated by the earth. Think of it as a pile of mulch,you can pick out all the pine cones(non-renewable), but the interior of the pile will always be hot(renewable). Hope this helps
2006-12-13 09:57:05 · answer #4 · answered by Lee Fu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's relatively perpetual,(renewable). Water in underground rivers flow through a geological active area and remnants of magma superheat the water , sending it through faults in the earth to the surface as steam. This can go on indefinitely.
2006-12-13 09:55:51 · answer #5 · answered by gbrownhunter@verizon.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
renewable as you are using the heat which is already present in the centre of the earth as a natural feature.
2006-12-13 09:54:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's renewable for as long as you have water and an active core.
2006-12-13 09:54:07 · answer #7 · answered by Pecos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is , more specialy if you stop overpumping of water and feel undergrond spaces with the water of runoff
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2006-12-13 09:56:21 · answer #8 · answered by pingouin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practically yes, technically no. Eventually you will cool off the earth...
2006-12-13 09:50:20 · answer #9 · answered by Mario G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With reinjection methods, you can reuse the cooled off steam.
2006-12-13 09:53:31 · answer #10 · answered by tienyutai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋