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history of geothermal energy
 * 1) Geothermal energy was used 10,000 years ago by Native Americans for cooking, heating, and bathing.
 * 2,000 years ago Romans invented water pipes under thier homes powered by nearby hot springs.
 * 1) In 1847 Williams Elliot found geysers near present day San Fransico.
 * 2) In 1904 the first geothermal power plant was built.
 * 3) Next in 1913 the first geothermal electric power plant was built in Itlay.
 * 4) In 1921 geothermal power plants near the geysers were built in California.
 * 5) In 1946 the first ground source electriciy plant was built.
 * 6) In 1958 the first flash steam geothermal power plant began operating.
 * 7) In the 1970s the United States Department of Energy began a program to determine possibilities of geothermal energy in the west.

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