Geothermal Energy in Iceland

There should be a Global effort to get as much as much power from Geothermal Energy as possible.

Well... they didn't change it at all, actually. Their energy source has always been geothermal/hydroelectric. At the turn of the 20th century, Iceland was an isolated farming community and essentially a third world country. The world wars introduced them to the outside world. During WWII Iceland was occupied by the British and eventually the Americans. It was by far the biggest culture shock that this nation had ever received.

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During and after WWII, Iceland underwent a massive development of infrastructure. The were among the last of the western countries to establish a national electric grid. That was good news for them because it meant that they had access to developed technology from abroad which saved them the hassle of developing it themselves.

Then came the question: "How are we gonna provide power?"

When electricity was being introduced to America and Europe, coal and oil plants were a logical choice to produce power. They were easy to burn and readily available. Discovery of oil was instrumental in providing the world with cheap electricity.

Iceland had neither of those resources but by the time they were pondering on how to make electricity, there was an alternative form of power production which was tried and tested. Hydroelectricity.

So there we have it. In order to cut cost on import, Iceland decided to focus on building damns and eventually, when technology allowed for it, they started tapping into geothermal energy production as well.

So you see, the original reason behind these ego friendly power plants had nothing to do with saving the planet. It was simply more practical thing to do and they had access to better technology then America and Europe when they first developed their energy grid.

The commonwealth od Dominica in the west indies has a huge geothermal potentiol. It is only 300 sq miles yet it host the 2nd largest boiling lake in the world.

seemingly hot for iceland , automotive carbon dioxide causing this , no wonder ice cap melting

i couldn't disagree more. What's going to make a change is a consciece social revolution. the individual is going to have to drop their front and start pulling their own wieght. that's the only way.

No, their want be a revolution are revolt.
This does effect the average man enough to where they would want to riot. People are lazy. If their comfortable enough, they will not care enough.

first of all people are not lazy, select individuals possibly, but in general humans have a pretty good idea of what it is that needs to be done in order to survive. And secondly in regards to your assumption that if they are comfortable people will not care enough to do anything. look at the anti-war movement in the 60's they didn't need to be put in a life threatening situation to recognize oppression. and with the future of our global economy people aren't going to be living to comfortable.