eli5: If we’re all sitting above the magma and heat in Earth’s mantle, what are the barriers to tapping that heat in each municipality to provide local affordable electricity?

Question

eli5: If we’re all sitting above the magma and heat in Earth’s mantle, what are the barriers to tapping that heat in each municipality to provide local affordable electricity?

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Answer 1

Geothermal power plants [do exist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geysers)

But they’re dependent on the geology of the area