Geothermal energy probably will not make large-scale contributions to the world energy budget until well into the twenty-first century, if ever.
如果可能的话，进入了21世纪之后，地热能才会对世界的能量预算做出大规模的贡献。
One house is heated and cooled with geothermal energy.
一所房子是由地热能源供暖和制冷的。
Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, is entirely heated by geothermal energy derived from volcanic heat.
冰岛的首都雷克雅未克完全是用火山热产生的地热能来供热的。
The contribution of geothermal energy to the world's energy future is difficult to estimate.
地热能对世界未来能源的贡献是难以估计的。
Engineers would, in a sense, be making their own geysers, and this opens up far more of the globe for geothermal energy development.
工程师在某种意义上正在这样制造自己的喷泉，这使得我们能在世界更多的地区进行地热能源开发。
Iceland has already begun constructing a hydrogen grid using plentiful geothermal energy.
冰岛已经着手建设一座利用丰富地热能源的氢气站。
The "Silver State" scores well in alternative energy production, with the second-highest production of solar photovoltaic and geothermal energy.
银州在新能源产量上得分很高，在太阳能光电系统和地热能源上产量第二。
It has even portrayed geothermal energy in this volcanic land as a threat, since it might pollute the country's beloved onsen, or hot springs.
甚至有人提出，利用火山地热能源也是威胁，因为这可能破坏日本人钟爱的温泉。
But so can geothermal energy production and other parts of the oil and gas production process.
但地热能和其他石油和天然气能源才得以开采。
The range of topics -- including cryptography, geothermal energy, and influenza -- is breathtaking, and the treatment of each subject is necessarily brief but informative.
本书的主题范围包括：密码学、地热能和流行感冒，这些主题是令人激动的，每个科目的介绍必然是短暂的，但内容却十分丰富。
The Basel project targeted a particularly sensitive seismic area, and drilled in the middle of a city because of plans to divert steam for heating buildings, another use of geothermal energy.
巴塞尔项目在一个非常敏感的多地震区域施工，而且为了利用地热为建筑供暖，该项目在市中心地区进行钻探。
We don't hear much about geothermal energy, but it's already being used around the world.
我们不常听说地热能，但它已在全球广泛使用。
For now, geothermal energy depends on hot water and steam deposits lying within two miles or so of the Earth's surface.
眼下开发地热能必须依靠地表下两英里内的热水或者蒸汽床。
The find was made 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) underground during exploratory drilling for geothermal energy.
这次发现是在一次地热能钻探时，钻到地底1.5英里(2.5千米)的一次偶然事件。
Geothermal energy provides just 0.5% of the world's electricity and 0.4% of the needs in the U.S..
地热能源仅提供了世界电力的0.5%和美国电力需求的0.4%。
The pioneering plants in the area known as The Geysers highlighted the promise of geothermal energy, internal heat from the Earth with vastly greater energy potential than that of fossil fuels.
当地开发地热能的先锋——间歇泉电站（TheGeysers）高调宣传地热能源的潜力，这些来自地球深处的热量携带的能量远远超过化石燃料。
(Worldwide, geothermal produces about 10, 000 megawatts of capacity that can meet the needs of about 60 million people, according to the geothermal Energy Association).
(据地热能源协会，全世界地热发电量大约10,000兆瓦，可以满足6千万人的需求)。
Geothermal energy has been used for thousands of years in some countries for cooking and heating.
地热能在一些国家作为烹饪与供暖的热源被使用已有数千年之久。
With its cool climate, abundant geothermal energy and secure remoteness, Iceland appears to be a prime location for data archives.
它的理由基于冰岛的优势：气候凉爽、地热能源丰富并偏远安全，是数据储存的理想地点。
But you don't need volcanic eruptions to make use of geothermal energy.
但是，为了利用地热能，你并不需要火山喷发。
There is also an effort to tap geothermal energy.
同时还有一个开发地热能的计划。
Right now geothermal energy is mostly used in countries with unusually active volcanic surfaces, like Iceland, where more than a quarter of the country's electricity comes from geothermal sources.
现在，地热能源主要在有非常活跃的火山表面的国家被利用，比如冰岛，这个国家四分之一的电力来自地热源。
Vertical farms in Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, southern California and some parts of East Africa would take advantage of abundant geothermal energy.
位于冰岛、意大利、新西兰、南加州以及东非一些地方的立体农场采用了当地丰富的地热资源。
Unlike solar and wind energy, geothermal energy is always available, 365 days a year.
不同于太阳能与风能的是地热能一年365天，天天都能够利用。
But the big play in geothermal energy has always been to simply use the hot rocks down there and create your own reservoir.
但要将地热资源大加利用，通常就是简单地利用下面的热岩建立自己的贮藏库。
Far more promising is geothermal energy, since Alaska lies on the "ring of fire", a string of volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean.
阿拉斯加的地热资源具有较大的发展前景，因为该州位于环太平洋的火山带上。
But further out still are options like geothermal energy and biofuels, which might someday replace oil.
但是更远一点看，我们依然有地热、生物燃料等可以选择，它们有朝一日可能会取代石油。
But further out still are options like geothermal energy and biofuels, which might someday replace oil.
但是更远一点看，我们依然有地热、生物燃料等可以选择，它们有朝一日可能会取代石油。
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