what is geothermal
Geothermal energy is energy that emits from the earth. It comes from magma and the radioactive decay of uranium, thorium, and potassium. Magma is hot because of the tremendous amount of friction and pressure to be found in the earth's subsurface area. While geothermal energy is massive in total, doesn't do too well when compared to the amount of energy we get from the sun, which wins by a factor of about 20,000.