Hot Rocks to Help Polar Caps?

The JournalMarch 14, 2008

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USING alternative renewable energy sources could help solve the problem of melting polar ice caps and other environmental dilemmas of the 21st Century.

Work by scientists from Newcastle University has shown that sources of geothermal energy or hot rocks in the geology of Newcastle and the North East could provide sustainable energy options. If this clean power is harnessed, then it could lead to a reduction in the release of harmful gases to the atmosphere and therefore contribute to fighting global warming.

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Hot Rocks to Help Polar Caps?

The team from the university, working with specialist engineering consultants PB Power, drilled the UK's first geothermal exploration bor...

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