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Iceland: Pioneer in Green, Geothermal Energy

Juan Cole 04/09/2013

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Iceland gets 26% of its electricity from geothermal power, and is a pioneer in the industry, such that Kenyan and other scientists go there for training. It has cut its carbon emissions almost to zero, and is even considering attempting to export electricity to the UK.

This video surveys Iceland’s geothermal energy production:

The US also has enormous geothermal potential, mostly untapped.

Moving to green energy as quickly as possible is essential to stop rapid climate change from human beings dumping billions of metric tons of carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere annually.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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