Is Geothermal Energy a National Security Issue?
Currently the United State and the reset of the world are facing very high inflation and economic uncertainty drive primarily by high price of gasoline. Due to the growing demand for energy in China and India, there are many upward pressures put on price of crude oil in the world markets. High crude oil prices and unusually high farming land use for bio-fuel generation world wide have driven worldwide food prices to an uncomfortably level especially to the world’s poor countries. High energy prices create hyper inflation and global economic uncertainty. If the energy prices are kept this high for long, there are going to be many energy based protract conflicts. It is estimated that the United State currently spent more that $700 Billion (based on 2008 dollar) per year on exporting crude oil from other countries such as those in the Middle East that directly and indirectly sponsors terrorists. There must be a high sense of urgency in the United State and around the world to switch to al
