LIMITATIONS
Geothermal energy is
restricted to cer tain areas,
such as tectonic plate
boundaries, where it is easier,
toto c ss.
In some places, hot water that has been
heated by this boiling “lava” reaches the
sur face and creates hot springs, natural
pools of hot water. Since prehistoric times,
people have used these hot springs for
bathing, for medicinal purposes, and even
to heat cities!
The Maori people of New Zealand have
been using hot water systems for cooking
for many hundreds of years, and there is
even archaeological evidence that people
in Nor th America were using geothermal
energy for cooking as far back as 10,000
years ago!8,000 BC
HEAT FROM THE EARTH