Letter: Geothermal energy comes with risks

Erik Olson of the Breakthrough Institute posted a glowing editorial about how “clean” geothermal energy could help Utah’s climate. Well, maybe. Like all energy sources, geothermal energy has problems that require careful consideration.The Puna Geothermal Venture project on the Big Island of Hawai’i is a case in point. PGV has produced power by drilling deep “source” wells, with “reinfection” wells for spent geothermal brine. It is a “closed l