A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant::undefined

  • DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Geothermal energy requires a very stable heat source near the surface. Unfortunately, while volcanoes meet both the “heat source” and “near surface” criteria, they are not at all stable.

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      11 months ago

      It’s still wild to me that I visited Hawaii as a kid, and then several years later. When I went back, a road I had driven on as kid was covered in lava.