Beef Diane These will include salad, potato, rolls and butter and choice of non-alcoholic beverage. A vast amount of thermal energy is stored and produced in the upper 10 km of the earth's crust. If only 1 percent of this energy could be economically tapped it would be 500 times greater than all of oil and gas resources. This thermal resource is geothermal energy.
Geothermal energy is manifested in a variety of forms and geologic settings.
Each form has distinct uses, economics, and technological requirements for exploration and utilization. Classification of geothermal resources may be based upon temperature, method of heat transfer, geologic or hydrogeologic setting, and end use. Five types of geothermal resources are found in the Four Corners region. Two resource types, hot-dry rock and conductive hydrothermal, exist in conductive, but enhanced heat flow regimes. While these resources are enormous, commercial use has yet to occur.