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

My inlaws use Geothermal to heat their home. They live about a half hour outside our city. I don’t think you can do that for a home inside city limits. I could be wrong about that.