Tuesday, October 5, 2010

West Virginia Is Geothermically Active

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 05, @05:09AM
from the time-to-sell-some-volcano-insurance dept.
sciencehabit writes"Researchers have uncovered the largest geothermal hot spot in the eastern United States. According to a unique collaboration between Google and academic geologists, West Virginia sits atop several hot patches of Earth, some as warm as 200C and as shallow as 5 kilometers. If engineers are able to tap the heat, the state could become a producer of green energy for the region."

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