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I am not convinced by the super aggressive timeline but I am also rooting for them. It would be a massive step forward to a fully renewable energy future. Right
by nasmorn 4y ago
I am not convinced by the super aggressive timeline but I am also rooting for them. It would be a massive step forward to a fully renewable energy future. Right now it sounds like a battery breakthrough article but maybe I am just overly cynical.
- Loquebantur 4y agoYou are. The physical principle of using microwaves for drilling is a sound concept, the application, refitting coal plants as geothermal, is a very good idea. Predicting the future is always error-prone. Simply predicting failure is a cheap cop-out.
- nasmorn 4y agoI am not saying they are going to fail but claiming to drill farther than ever before (which was an outrageously expensive research project) and do that at controlled prices is an extraordinary claim. So my hope is they can show it can be done at any price. Then surely it will create a path for this to become economically viable eventually.
- drewbeck 4y agoThe optimism in the article is palpable, tho I feel it too. It’s a great vision — let’s see that first bore and I’ll lose this doubt.
- psd1 4y agoNitpick: the residual heat from Earth's formation is not renewable
- Marrand 4y agoThen nothing is, as the sun will burn out at some point (since we are nitpicking :) )