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Assuming the millimeter wave drilling technology does in fact hold up (I imagine it draws a LOT of power), the re-use of existing infrastructure (drill a hole a
by phs318u 5y ago
Assuming the millimeter wave drilling technology does in fact hold up (I imagine it draws a LOT of power), the re-use of existing infrastructure (drill a hole at every power station site that boils water to drive a turbine, with existing transmission in place), is brilliant because that's a huge, huge cost avoided - and indeed could be stood up in far less time (barring government approvals) than most mega-scale alternatives.
Full steam ahead!
EDIT: tbh I did also think that this concept sounds like the opening plot for a b-grade disaster movie - "The Day The Earth Cracked Open".
- pfdietz 5y agoA concern I have with the mm-wave scheme is material agglomerating onto the drilling shaft, causing clogs or even causing it to get stuck.
- markbnj 5y agoYou'll be happy to know that movie has been made :). I watched it as a young kid and found it pretty scary. Years later I saw it again and it was of course laughably bad. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059065/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059065/
- phs318u 5y agoOh my! I think I saw that as a kid! Haha. Thank you.