Chena Hot Springs Resort generates enough power from a low temperature (165 F vs typical 300 F) geothermal system to generate electricity, heat buildings, maintain a greenhouse and an ice museum. The key is mining geothermal energy, a cleaner more reliable source than other alternatives - “heat stored beneath the Earth’s surface holds 50,000 times the energy of all the oil and gas in the world combined.” The question then is why are more people not using geothermal to provide the energy they need?

Source: Popular Mechanics - February 2008