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The Receding Salton Sea Might Not Be All Bad News for California (Hydrogen Fuel News)

As much as 2,000 megawatts of geothermal power could be made available

According to what officials said at the Southern California Energy Summit, which took place last week, while the shrinking of the Salton Sea, which is predominantly located in California’s Imperial and Coachella Valleys, could cause a serious public health hazard, it could also increase geothermal energy development in the region.

It is believed that the exposed lake bed will have both negative and positive effects on the area.
The more the sea recedes, the more lake-bed is exposed. The exposed land is anticipated to discharge huge amounts of dust into the air. The concern is that this dust will contribute to an increase in asthma and lung cancer rates and could also lead to damage that could costs tens of billions of dollars. On the flip side of the coin, however, some of this exposed lake-bed may actually be land that contains top geothermal hotspots.

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