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Re:Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent... by NegativeLatency on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:46PM (#16758286)
Go deep enough and you might as well just build a geothermal power plant.
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Re:Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent... by theandrewbailey on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @04:33PM (#16758755)
Kenya is way ahead of you:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/business/geothermal-energ...

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Re:Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent... by nojvek on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:47PM (#16770087)
Kenya generates 47% of power from geothermal and 35% from hydro. For a third world country, it’s quite greener than most developed nations. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/business/geothermal-en...

I do hope Kenya gets a electric car boom, because all of it’s fuel is imported. Solar + other methods could power the whole economy with relative ease. Being on equator means plenty of sun throughout the year.

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Re:Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent... by deadmetheny on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:52PM (#16758366)
Which would have the side effect of actually generating power!
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