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

In most places, the crust is way too thick for us to get through effectively and lay the piping necessary for a geothermal plant.

Places like Iceland have a thinner crust, so it’s much easier.