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Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 4 months ago

Geothermal power may be about to kill the Nuclear Energy industry. Drilling costs are falling so fast, by 2027 it will be able to provide baseload electricity at the same price.

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Geothermal power may be about to kill the Nuclear Energy industry. Drilling costs are falling so fast, by 2027 it will be able to provide baseload electricity at the same price.

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Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 4 months ago
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    I did some looking around. Looks like I was a factor of 10 off. As in- not 1% but 0.1% and that could be sustained for millions of years

    Other estimates suggest that harnessing just 0.1% of the Earth’s heat could supply the world’s total energy needs for two million years>

    https://www.contrary.com/foundations-and-frontiers/geothermal

    https://www.energy.gov/eere/geothermal/geothermal-faqs#%3A~%3Atext=4.5+billion+years.-%2CThis+heat+is+continually+replenished+by+the+decay+of+naturally%2Cessentially+inexhaustible+supply+of+energy.

    There is also a great pdf over at www.worldenergy.org under their geothermal - world energy council that is a little old but still points out the math on just how immense the energy output of earth is. We could each run our own small AI data center on geothermal power and the earth would still have extra. And we are only talking about tapping into the very top of the crust.

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