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Most wells at Cape Station are between 8,000 and 9,000 feet deep, and the deepest one extends a mind-blowing 15,000 feet below the surface. That is about the de
by filenox 1y ago
Most wells at Cape Station are between 8,000 and 9,000 feet deep, and the deepest one extends a mind-blowing 15,000 feet below the surface. That is about the depth you'd get to if you stacked 50 Statues of Liberty on top of each other!
For those who prefer a less American-centric metric: 8,000–9,000 feet is approximately 2.5 kilometers. 15,000 feet is about 4.5 kilometers — roughly the height of 14 Eiffel Towers stacked on top of each other!
- divbzero 1y agoThat’s close to the deepest geothermal wells which are about 5 km deep: https://en.renovablesverdes.com/iceland-is-drilling-the-deepest-geothermal-well-in-the-world-volcano-heart/ https://en.renovablesverdes.com/iceland-is-drilling-the-deep... https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202411/07/WS672c6803a310f1265a1cc11c.html https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202411/07/WS672c6803a310f...
- ajkjk 1y agoIt's so silly to use statues of liberty as a metric when nobody really knows how tall it is either (famously it's a lot smaller than people expect).
- pwython 1y agoI'm actually shocked how big the Eiffel Tower is. https://www.size-explorer.com/en/compare/buildings/eiffel+tower/statue+of+liberty/ https://www.size-explorer.com/en/compare/buildings/eiffel+to...
- daemonologist 1y agoIt was the tallest freestanding structure in France from 1889 to 2004 (when it was surpassed by one of the pillars of the Millau Viaduct; it's still the second-tallest). Must have been absolutely mind blowing at ~312m when it was new - the record was around 150m for centuries before it.
- catlifeonmars 1y agoAU would have been the most universal measurement.
- rplnt 1y agoThe idea is you assume it with the base while they only used the statue itself, making whatever they are measuring look more impressive.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoI think the idea is that nobody has any sense, even a very rough one, of how tall the Statue of Liberty might be. It's not like you ever see it in person, and if you did most of it would be in perspective, which ruins your chances of determining its size. Most people have enough trouble believing that their foot is the same length as their forearm. You never see your feet close up, either.
- 3eb7988a1663 1y agoWhelp, I just had to put my foot onto my arm, so point made.
- daedrdev 1y agoFootball fields, despite being a meme, are very easy for Americans to visualize
- defrost 1y agoInternationally ambiguous though, the world at large equates football with FIFA and Australians picture something much larger with more foot to ellipsoid than a tiny US handegg court.
- rascul 1y agoCanadian football fields are bigger
- _DeadFred_ 1y agoI'll have you know my Canadian friends have told me it's OK, American football fields are average sized (definitely not less than average).
- Tempest1981 1y agoHelpful but pointless metrics: 1 Statue of Liberty (including foundation) is roughly 1 American football field (excluding end zones) 1 Eiffel Tower is around 3 Statues of Liberty (each with foundation)... which is almost 1600 bananas
- mooreds 1y agoWow, so the deepest well is about 27k bananas deep. Amazing!
- checkyoursudo 1y agoOne statue of liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World, Liberty Island, NYC) is approximately 4 times the size of one statue of liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World replica, Île aux Cygnes, Paris). Easy peasy.
- adrianmonk 1y agoIt's probably done because Statues of Liberty is the ultimate "freedom unit".
- lostlogin 1y agoMetric? That unit of measure must surely be imperial?
- ajkjk 1y agoSurely
- Animats 1y ago> 8,000–9,000 feet is approximately 2.5 kilometers. The usual value for the geothermal gradient is 25 to 30 degrees C per kilometer. So at 2.5km, in most locations they might be able to get boiling water, but not superheated steam. Most of the geothermal enthusiasts are talking about needing to go down 4 to 12 kilometers. Is there something special about the geology at this site?
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoI couldn't see anything that said, but... probably. Beaver County, Utah, has at least one hot spring, and I suspect more than that. I'm pretty sure that the location for this project was not chosen at random.
- Animats 1y agoFound a geothermal potential map of the US.[1] Utah is in a different basin, but Colorado has a nice big hot spot. It's not a fully renewable resource. It's possible to pull out too much heat too and deplete the resource. The entire geothermal heating of the planet is only 50 terawatts, which seems big, but it's spread over 500 million square kilometers. Or 100KW/km^2, which is not much. Solar is orders of magnitude larger. [1] https://www.britannica.com/science/geothermal-energy https://www.britannica.com/science/geothermal-energy
- metalman 1y agolikely it is hot, porous rock that is capped in such a way that injected water will heat to the super critical point for water , or water exists as a super critical fluid there already
- jandrewrogers 1y agoThe site is part of the largest high-quality geothermal basin in the world. It is larger than most countries, encompassing almost the entirety of Nevada and large parts of adjacent States. The geothermal potential of the region is enormous, even just using classic geothermal technology. The US has long been the world's leading producer of geothermal power, mostly generated from this basin.
- apitman 1y agoBoth made by the French
- yread 1y ago> 4.5 kilometers — roughly the height of 14 Eiffel Towers stacked on top of each other! Or about one Mont Blanc from sea level
- realityfactchex 1y agoActually, 3 miles means a lot more to Americans than 15,000 feet, much like your 2.5 kilometers. And 50 football fields would mean a lot more, to less measurement-aware Americans.
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- _DeadFred_ 1y agoThe Statue of Liberty was made by France. This IS us Americans trying to use less American-centric units of measure.