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Startup Will Drill 12 Miles Into Earth's Crust to Tap the Boundless Energy Below (singularityhub.com)

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[–] mekhos@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

30 to 300GHz drill/vaporise rock haha good luck with 2 meters let alone 12 miles deep. After burning zillions of dollars they'll settle for 2000m deep right next to some traditional geothermal in iceland and be very opaque about what tech they used to make the hole.

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[–] Helix@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

Spot on 😃

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