Opinion: Start-up costs, financing, even earthquakes remain geothermal barriers

From the Vancouver Sun and Reuters, “Technology to generate energy by harnessing the Earth’s inner heat is finally earning respect and looks on track to test ways to expand the industry, thanks to new U.S. government funding. But steep start costs and financing remain barriers, and new geothermal technology to pump cold water into hot rock also has sparked worries about the risk of triggering earthquakes, dimming prospects for near-term expansion.”