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For years I have overheard conversations regarding heating homes with heat pumps, but have never contributed to the conversation with information or facts. Now I have taken this opportunity to get educated about geothermal energy. The extent of my prior knowledge about heat pumps was very limited, only knowing that it was part of a process that uses the Earth's resources to provide heat for homes. Some of the information that I have learned to this point was shocking. I only thought of heat pumps for residential use; having never considered that there are Geothermal power plants providing power to entire cities. As well as providing energy, some of these plants provide other resources for consumers use. Geothermal energy is the process of converting the heat from the Earth, by means of transferring heat throughout high density polyethylene piping that is run under the surface of the ground. There are several ways that this is accomplished. There is the horizontal coil configuration that is much like a slinky effect. For a smaller foot print, a process of de