No, It’s not. It can release Hydrogen Sulfide into the air, which is the smell of actual rotten eggs. This will damage air quality of a town or a city in minutes. In order for new Geothermal advancements to go into place, several million dollars will have to go into place. Geothermal energy plants can also cause earthquakes, which can prove to be a large danger to any town or city nearby. To access the vast majority of this energy, the Earth’s crust needs to be drilled for extreme distances, which can be dangerous. Also, unlike Nuclear and fossil fuel plants, Geothermal Energy can’t be transported to generation sites. Maintenance of Geothermal Power Plants requires extreme care and caution as the water traveling through the piping is insanely heated. This means that any turbine, heat exchanger, or pipe maintenance
can be extremely dangerous to people and machinery, making this form of energy incredibly unsafe. Geothermal sites need to be in a very specific location, in regions where subsurface conditions are advantageous, and this is something that cannot be manipulated. Major metropolitan areas, such as Atom’s Center, isn’t good for a Geothermal Power Plant to be. Geothermal Energy has proven to be an incredibly dangerous form of energy. It’s incredibly expensive, it can cause earthquakes, and take human lives due to superheated water. The needs of Geothermal Energy is at its peak. The Power Plants need to be at incredibly specific locations. For example, a geothermal power plant would need to be near a geyser or natural pool. There would have to be an extreme amount of funding to be able to dig deep enough to get a good source. Geothermal plants can emit dangerous chemicals like sulfur dioxide, silicon, and ammonia. In order to use a geothermal plant, an extra power source is needed to power the geothermal pump. Large pieces of land are required to house a single geothermal plant, which can alternatively be used for farming or housing. Geothermal power plants need to have properly maintained reservoirs. This information continues to show the faults within Geothermal Energy.While there are some upsides for geothermal energy, there are more downsides. While initial costs may start cheap, they will eventually get more and more expensive. Good spots for geothermal energy may be easy to find, for example, a geyser would work. However, it will be very costly to build and manage a geothermal plant at the location. While geothermal energy is cheap to receive, it only creates $0.03-$0.10(according to a geothermal presentation from the Think Tank) worth of energy at a time, which will make regaining money extremely lengthy and difficult. An energy such as wind is better than Geothermal, wind has no chance at releasing chemicals, wind is very cost-effective, and is simply one of the easiest and best sources of energy
By: M & T