13 miles down and 1000 degrees! Hot enough for you?

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• AA

  @aaronbono4688 · 3 years ago

  Never underestimate the amount of energy our greedy little species can consume.

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• YA

  @Yanquetino · 3 years ago

  Now THIS is something spot on for… "drill, baby, drill!"

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• JO

  @jonbeecroft1102 · 3 years ago

  This makes far more sense than fusion. I just hope they make it happen quickly and find a way to scale up the process across the world.

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• PA

  @patrickpaterson8785 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Being able to retrofit fossil fuel plants (namely coal-fired, which are rapidly becoming uneconomical to operate) is where this technology shines incredibly well. You're not only creating incentives for investment from the green energy sector but also from traditional energy companies looking to continue operation of existing assets. Quaise's timeline sounds aggressive but I don't see why it can't be achieved at this point considering they're combining two well known technologies and using experienced drilling labor. Really hoping to see these roll out in 5 years or hopefully sooner with increased investment.

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• DA

  @DaveHarmon-zm8tn · 3 years ago

  It seems that geothermal may be the only energy source that has the potential to solve all the issues with wind, solar, nuclear and fossil fuels and still use existing infrastructure. That alone is reason enough for the government to do much, much more to aid / promote the development of this technology.

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• TB

  @TBBROO · 3 years ago (edited)

  There is a guy named Matt that has over 1 million subscribers.  How does this guy not have double that number is beyond me.  Much more non biased informative relative content.  Always love "Just have a think"!

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• MI

  @michealwestfall8544 · 3 years ago

  Our we attach those mega lasers to tanks and annihilate the competition.

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• AN

  @AndyWearsPants · 3 years ago

  Brilliant! Thank you! (I was one of the folks who suggested putting these two companies together in the comments ages ago on another video.) Imagine the Eavor radiator design at depths of 10-12 km for a moment. That could, theoretically, produce enough energy to replace any hydrocarbon or coal power plant, and financially compete with every form of renewable as well as small modular reactors. For industrial countries, it's a no-brainer for the municipalities who largely finance this kind of infrastructure because it eliminates not only GHG emissions, but other toxic emissions such as mercury (which is measurably reducing worker productivity and increasing mental health problems in China and India right now). The finances are vastly better with these two companies, and military bases will likely be among the first to switch (this is a perfect solution for the problem NORAD is currently having with finding zero-emissions energy for radar bases in the Canadian North, for example).

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• JE

  @jerry-rn4bu · 3 years ago

  Lets do this thing

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• SA

  @salahidin · 3 years ago

  That's what I need for my pizza oven

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• NO

  @normandiebryant6989 · 3 years ago

  Great!  With global warming, let's drag up more heat from below!

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• DA

  @danburnes722 · 3 years ago

  I chuckled at your comment about MIT entrepreneurs.  Very true.

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