Our planet is hom subterranean lava dep smatterings of obsidi volcanic glass. groundwater bubbles t surface in places. In landscape, you rememb the planet’s hard ext thin that we call it a crust. Its superheated interior an estimated forty-four trillion watts of power. Heat m underground is called geothermal and can be used to pro steam, spin a turbine, and generate electricity. Until humans have tended to harvest small quantities in the r places where it surfaces, such as hot springs. The bigg drawback is drilling miles through hot rock, safely. If can do that, next-generation geothermal power could sup clean energy for eons. Right now, geothermal energy mee puny portion of humanity’s electricity and heating need fuels power about eighty per cent of human activity, pu out carbon dioxide and short-circuiting our climate to catastrophic effect. Converts argue that geothermal che three key boxes: it is carbon-free, available everywher effectively unlimited. It is also baseload, which means unlike solar panels or wind, it provides a steady flow “Over the last two years, I have watched this exponenti up of activity in geothermal,” a drilling expert said. a risk of moon shots: often, they miss. “There’s basica chance that you’re going to develop a moon-shot technol and have it be commercial in five years, on a large-sca Mark Jacobson, an engineering professor. That’s how lon humanity has to lower emissions before climatic devasta “There’s a very decent chance you can do that with wind solar,” he said. Perhaps, when resources and time are f trying and failing could be worse than not trying at al New Yorker. March 202 De acordo com o texto, atualmente a exploração do calor gerado nas regiões subterrâneas do planeta

1. A)atende a uma parcela insignificante da demanda energética da sociedade.GABARITO
2. B)pode ser utilizada através de um aparato tecnológic baixo custo.
3. C)oferece vantagens ambientais limitadas em relação a outras fontes de energia renováveis.
4. D)utiliza métodos desenvolvidos nas pesquisas científ sobre a superfície lunar.
5. E)proporciona utilidade prática restrita do ponto de produção industrial.