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here is a thought: center of the earth is 6,000c hot. There is a heat resistant aluminium to withhold this temp. Further, I am sure there are solutions to gener
by joering2 15y ago
here is a thought: center of the earth is 6,000c hot. There is a heat resistant aluminium to withhold this temp. Further, I am sure there are solutions to generate electricity from the heat. I wonder how hard would it be to dig a hole through the center of the Earth and put the cable in it, hahah :)
- sp332 15y agoSo far as I know, no one has ever breached the dense, hard layer at the bottom of the earth's "crust", just above the mantle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohorovi%C4%8Di%C4%87_discontinuity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohorovi%C4%8Di%C4%87_disconti...
- pavel_lishin 15y agoIf you're trying to generate electricity by exploiting a difference in two temperatures, it would probably be more cost effective to just drop a cable into the ocean.
- joering2 15y agoWouldn't it be easier to generate electricity from extreme heat, rather than from cold water?
- pavel_lishin 15y agoWhat actually matters is the temperature difference between two points. But to answer your question, sure, probably - assuming your materials can withstand the extreme heat, and assuming you can get at it, which as sp332 pointed out here (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3708465 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3708465), we can't.