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Mayor McCracken’s Geothermal Dream (therockymountaingoat.com)

Valemount mayor
Andru McCracken

When Valemount’s mayor Andru McCracken returned from the CanGEA national conference, he seemed to be even more excited about the potential of geothermal than when he went.

“We need to have our own conference, and I’d like to start the Valemount hot springs company tonight!” said McCracken via email immediately after the conference and direct-use workshop in Calgary.

“Direct use has huge potential,” said McCracken at Pints and Politics on Sunday. He says it’s at too low a temperature to be converted into electricity, as in the project Borealis Geopower has proposed near Valemount, but can be used directly for industrial processes.

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