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12 mile deep holes could be the key to 'limitless' clean energy? - Kornee - Dec 24, 2022
Yet another 'limitless cheap energy for all' 'breakthrough' courtesy of Electric Viking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zHdc_GDrR4
The visuals make it all seem relatively cheap and simple to achieve. With pro points of (relatively) small footprint and reuse/repurposing of existing fossil fuel power plants.
It certainly has a novel aspect - intense microwave boring to depths considerably deeper than conventional drills have managed.
In practice expect a raft of bad news 'glitches' that may or may not prove fatal. One or two such only hinted at in this Popular Mechanics piece:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a42009104/millimeter-wave-drilling-geothermal-energy/
The MIT spinoff Quaise Energy site itself: https://www.quaise.energy/
RE: 12 mile deep holes could be the key to 'limitless' clean energy? - C C - Dec 29, 2022
So short on ideas they're borrowing from a 1965 doomsday B-movie? At least augmentation via using a "nuclear device" doesn't seem to be on the table.
Crack in the World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_in_the_World
Dr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior ... https://youtu.be/lHtZ6Ixeqvs
RE: 12 mile deep holes could be the key to 'limitless' clean energy? - Kornee - Dec 30, 2022
Ha ha ha ha. The opening spiel almost word for word echo of that trumpeted for today's 'real deal'. I agree with a few commenters that the special effects were remarkably good for the time.
And most theme aspects arguably less outlandish than one or two far more recent takes e.g. 'The Core': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298814/