Comment Easy Investment (Score 1) 251
In the 1890s the king of Hawaii sent a telegram to Thomas Edison asking about the feasibility of transporting geothermal power on the big island, which is relatively less populated, to the capital in Oahu by means of an undersea cable.
Looking for geothermal wells is guesswork, just like looking for oil. Still, there are ~20 prospective geothermal wells that have not been explored on the big island, and it is estimated that the combined output of the resources in these wells could supply up to 4 times the current power consumption of the entire state, for up to 500 years.
Looking for geothermal wells is guesswork, just like looking for oil. Still, there are ~20 prospective geothermal wells that have not been explored on the big island, and it is estimated that the combined output of the resources in these wells could supply up to 4 times the current power consumption of the entire state, for up to 500 years.