利用地热来发电,在资本主义国家已有很长的历史了。例如,在意大利,地热电站一九五○年就投入运行,新西兰、美国、日本和冰岛的地热电站,也分别于一九五八年、一九六○年、一九六七年和一九六九年就投入了运行。但是,到目前为止,利用地热来发电还没有得到广泛的推广。其主要原因有两:第一是因为世界上的燃料价格较低,使地热电站和人们习惯上所使用 Using geothermal power to generate electricity has a long history in capitalist countries. For example, in Italy, geothermal power stations were put into operation in 1950, and geothermal power stations in New Zealand, the United States, Japan, and Iceland were also in 1958, 1960, and 1967, respectively. It was put into operation in 1969. However, so far, the use of geothermal power has not yet been widely promoted. There are two main reasons: First, because the world’s fuel prices are lower, so geothermal power stations and people are accustomed to using them.