Drilling the deepest hole in history: Unlocking geothermal energy
Drilling the deepest hole in history: Unlocking geothermal energy
MIT spin-off Quaise is trying to use hijacked fusion technology to drill some of the deepest holes in history, unlocking clean, virtually limitless, supercritical geothermal energy that can re-power fossil-fueled power plants all over the world. But how does it work? And are they even close to…
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This is why investing in stuff like nuclear fusion isn't useless. People shitting on it are just ignorant of how science works and how things that seem completely unrelated to each other can be transferable or even be foundational. Very nice to see gyrotrons used in the manner.
My thought however is: how stable will these holes be? There's probably a few things moving at that depth that could easily sheer off a part of the hole.