> an ordinance last year that would place the onus on developers seeking the town’s approval to prove that a geothermal project wouldn’t affect local hot spring

> an ordinance last year that would place the onus on developers seeking the town’s approval to prove that a geothermal project wouldn’t affect local hot springs So they have to prove a negative? A tough one. NIMBY'ism is not just a Western phenomenon. In New Zealand (North Island) I went on a river kayak trip up a river that came out of a hot zone. It had a waterfall that was the perfect temp for a hot shower, so you could lean back and have way more water rushing over your head than any house would ever have.