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Chuck Darwin<p>How ancient healing hot springs could fuel a clean energy future </p><p>One hot spring town shows how Japan could turn its underground cauldron of heat into clean energy <br>— without risking its centuries-old tradition of public bath</p><p>Tsuchiyu Onsen is a test case for how Japan could tap into an abundant source of clean power while preserving the country’s cultural identity. </p><p>Japan has the world’s third-biggest <a href="https://c.im/tags/geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geothermal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/reserves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reserves</span></a>, <br>but it depends on imported fossil fuels for most of its electricity. </p><p>Experts say geothermal could provide about 10 percent of the country’s power, <br>if Japan took advantage of it. </p><p>The government plans to triple geothermal energy output this decade, from 0.3 percent of electricity production to 1 percent.

But one of the biggest barriers has been opposition from Japan’s hot spring industry. </p><p>Most of Japan’s geothermal energy reserves lie near one of the country’s more than 3,000 <a href="https://c.im/tags/hot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hot</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/springs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>springs</span></a>, called <a href="https://c.im/tags/onsens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onsens</span></a>, <br>that play an important role in Japanese culture and tourism. </p><p>The owners of inns and bathhouses worry that geothermal development could damage their source of spring water, devastating their businesses.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/09/01/japan-geothermal-energy-onsen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/climate-sol</span><span class="invisible">utions/2024/09/01/japan-geothermal-energy-onsen/</span></a></p>
Xdej<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@PierreC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PierreC</span></a></span><br>This <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> ryokan is planned in France, inside the heart of <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Ari%C3%A8ge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ariège</span></a>'s countryside, 45 minutes from <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Toulouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toulouse</span></a> says <a href="https://himawari.fr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">himawari.fr/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and one hour from Toulouse says <a href="https://himawari.fr/ou-trouver-un-onsen-en-france/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">himawari.fr/ou-trouver-un-onse</span><span class="invisible">n-en-france/</span></a> which also lists two opened <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/onsens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onsens</span></a> in France, more precisely in Bourgogne castle of Saint-Germain du Plain, and in <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Loiret" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Loiret</span></a>'s japanese pavillon of La Lauthière.<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@ateliersento" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ateliersento</span></a></span></p>
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