The only other geysers in the world are found at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Rotorua, New Zealand. Natural gas, which is the major constituent, is a clean fuel. Moreover, natural gas contains almost no sulfur. Unlike coal and oil, it produces little sulfur oxide when it burns, the main contributor to acid rain. Also, there are no combustion residues, such as dust and ash, and no radioactive waste to dispose of.
Natural gas is immediate and local compared to oil and nuclear energy.
An outdoor swimming pool in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik is heated so effectively by this method that it remains open and in use all year round. If their heat energy could be converted to electric power, two SRMs firing for two minutes would produce 2.2 million kilowatt hours of power, enough to supply the entire power demand of 87,000 homes for a full day. Correct The energy released by the three Space Shuttle main engines is equivalent to the output of 23 Hoover Dams. Amend, Discuss, Correct Jupiter radiates more energy into space than it receives from the Sun. Amend, Discuss, Correct The energy in an average one day hurricane could power the United States for three years.