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Here's the information YOU consistently "tune out":

http://geoheat.oit.edu/images/map/usmap.map

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/USA-2000-population-density.gif/800px-USA-2000-population-density.gif

Note the location of the geothermal resources.

Now note the location of the population.

Now note that the vast majority of that population is greater than 700 miles from those geothermal resources.

I can' make it any plainer than that---geothermal energy is a typical "green boutique" project. It makes the greens "feel good" but it doesn't do much to solve environmental problems.

This is such a broken record. I know quite well the population distribution of the USA, I also know quite well where the strongest geothermaly active areas are. What YOU are overlooking is:

a) The distances to Urban areas that I mentioned in my post above and

b) There are fossil fuel plants (I have named several) which are located at distances further away from urban areas then are the geothermal fields.

Who do you think is using the 230 MW (the size of an average fossil fuels plant) from the Geysers?

Who do you think is using the 200+ MW in the Imperial valley?

By using such power locally, it FREES up more energy to be used by plants already located in major urban areas.

For being a self proclaimed Phd, I should not have to explain such simple facts.

Now I suggest we end this conversation as it has become tedious.