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After seeing videos of lava pouring into the ocean I have fantasized about a power generation system: Artificial geo-thermal power gen: Dig a deep enough hole
by samstave 5y ago
After seeing videos of lava pouring into the ocean I have fantasized about a power generation system:
Artificial geo-thermal power gen:
Dig a deep enough hole but near the ocean, and let ocean water pour into the hole that gets close enough to magma such that the magma creates a steam blast back out a tube with a bunch of turbines to spin.
- usrusr 5y agoHeh, and you'd get a molten salt heat storage unit for free. Because if you condense that steam you have solved desalination as well. CEO Nwabudike Morgan likes this (reference to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri in case you were wondering)