NEVER mind the gas crisis - beneath the UK lies enough free heat to keep the country warm not just this winter, but every winter for decades to come. That is according to UK members of parliament on the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) who wrote to the business secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg, on 19 October claiming that there is enough geothermal energy in the UK to meet the country's annual heating demand for at least a century. "The evidence received by the Committee was clear and consistent: the UK has significant geothermal resources which can contribute to both the UK's energy security and its transition to net zero," wrote EAC chair Philip Dunne.
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