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Boise rediscovers geothermal

by Bruce Hamilton, High Country News
March 11, 1977

					<h1>Boise rediscovers geothermal</h1>
<p class="byline">by Bruce Hamilton, High Country News <br />March 11, 1977</p>
					
<p>Using geothermal energy to warm your home and heat your water may sound  like a far-fetched idea, but some residents of Warm Springs Avenue in  Boise, Idaho, have been doing it for 85 years. Download entire issue to view this article: <a class="external-link" href="http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.5/download-entire-issue">http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.5/download-entire-issue</a></p>

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