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What's the actual state of geothermal energy these days? Outside of Iceland, I feel like you never hear about it (hence the meme haha)

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I wrote about it here in The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/04/geothermal-energy-boom/682291/

Oh sick, thanks for the link (and the work to write this)! Will give it a read!

Are the perceived downsides primarily just the same as they are with fracking right now? It sort of sounds like it.