Rotten Rotorua
July 17th 2007 Taupo is the start of a lot of the thermal activity that the central north island is famous for and just north of town is the Borefield geothermal powerstation with its miles of shiny steaming, hissing pipes that trace across the landscape... and people complain about the visual impact of a few wind turbines! Wells up to 2000metres deep tap into zones of hot fluid at temperatures of 200 odd degC
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