I've been in Sacramento learning all of the great things about geothermal energy. For one thing, it's much less dangerous than one might think. Plus, after the initial investment it costs little to produce large amounts of electricity and it does not pollute.
There are tremendous amounts of geothermal resources available along the Pacific Rim, in California, Oregon and Washington. There is a lot of geothermal available in the Burney vicinity; one might recall a tremendous battle between BLM, a geothermal energy company, the Klamath Indian Tribe and the Pit River Tribe a few years ago over a proposed geothermal project at Medicine Lake. Although the tribes won in the Supreme Court, it appears that new attempts will be made by new companies in the near future. I hope that those projects can go forward without disturbing the sanctity and spirituality of the lake.
It goes without saying that, due to the fairly recent presence of active volcano activity in this geological venue, there is much geothermal exploration under way or about to be under way. Besides reducing the costs of electrical generation, one of the tremendous attributes of geothermal is the availability of a ready source of hot water into which you can toss the politicians.
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