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Although carbon dioxide emissions are reduced geothermal power plants release odor pollution that smells like rotten eggs.

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The compound that smells like rotten egg is another pollutant, hydrogen sulfide with the chemical formula of H2S. This is specifically formed in the geothermal power plants because of the presence of the sulfur that when reacted with water or hydrogen may form the hydrogen sulfide. 
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