# The untapped energy source that could power the planet

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMonterey
- Speaker: Jamie C. Beard
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_c_beard_the_untapped_energy_source_that_could_power_the_planet)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Deep beneath your feet is a molten ball of energy the same temperature as the surface of the sun -- an immense clean energy source that could power the world thousands of times over, says technologist and climate activist Jamie C. Beard. How do we tap it? She lays out a surprising solution, and an unlikely alliance, to harvest geothermal energy from the Earth's core and get it to anywhere in the world.

## Lectures

1. [The untapped energy source that could power the planet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jamie_c_beard_the_untapped_energy_source_that_could_power_the_planet/1873c008289e), 15 min (TED's player)