• originalucifer
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    323 days ago

    uh, ok. so we drill 2 big holes and link them for billions of dollars. what am i missing?

    • @booly
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      423 days ago

      You’re not missing anything. Nuclear is looking more and more like it won’t be economically feasible going forward. If modern geothermal provides a cheaper way to feed dispatchable electricity into the grid, in more places, then that might very well be the last link in making a zero-carbon grid possible.

      • originalucifer
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        423 days ago

        i can see how nuclear and eventually fusion will be important in the centuries to come for … portable… energy. just boggles my mind why we have put zero effort into geothermal

        we have no problem going to ridiculous lengths for oil and gas.