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Geothermal Power Is a Climate Moon Shot Beneath Our Feet (www.newyorker.com)
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"This road is long, and much of the map remains blank. The biggest problem is drilling miles through hot rock, safely. If scientists can do that, however, next-generation geothermal power could supply clean energy for eons."

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[-] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They only have to be cheaper for deep drilling which is what's currently prohibitively expensive - traditional drilling is still used for half the job.

It's very, very new technology but they have to start somewhere. The rest of geothermal (running the power plant itself) is figured out but a drilling deeper brings significantly more power

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