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...al-energy/
The MIT spinoff Quaise Energy site itself: https://www.quaise.energy/
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...al-energy/
The MIT spinoff Quaise Energy site itself: https://www.quaise.energy/