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Hype for this is extremely premature, they've only drilled inches in a lab.

• giarc 2y ago
  Founder was on What's Your Problem podcast recently [1] and I seem to recall them having much deeper wells already complete. https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/whats-your-problem/harnessing-the-heat-deep-beneath-our-feet https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/whats-your-problem/harnessin...
  • thinkcontext 2y ago
    This article from 2 days ago says they have a test rig that is drilling outside. They don't say exactly how deep they have drilled but mentions they have another site where they will attempt to drill up to 100 feet. So sounds like they are at the very beginning of piloting. I'm not going to listen to an hour podcast to see if it is claiming anything different, if you have a text source I'd be interested. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/the-smell-of-toasted-rock-could-spell-victory-for-geothermal-energy https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/the-smell-of...
    • istjohn 2y ago
      I transcribed the podcast for you, but I think you're right. https://pastebin.com/raw/PG5JdAKv https://pastebin.com/raw/PG5JdAKv