L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoScientists Unveil Radical Plan to Drill Into a Volcano For Near-Unlimited Energywww.sciencealert.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down113file-text
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minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·10 months agoi always thought the problem with this geothermal-delivered-to-surface was transmitting the power over long distances… course, this article is really just about drilling into a magma chamber and the volcano not going boom
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-210 months agoSpin a turbine, generate electricity, transmit via HVDC?
minus-squareLordKitsuna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agotoo effective, HVAC with large losses is the best I can offer
minus-squareMr_Smiley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI’d like to see some definitions or units put next to ‘ultra high’.
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months agoDon’t worry, water boils, steam spins turbine.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThe article says they have one example of drilling into a magma chamber and it not going boom. I hope their optimism is justified, but this looks like the plot at the beginning of an apocalyptic movie
i always thought the problem with this geothermal-delivered-to-surface was transmitting the power over long distances…
course, this article is really just about drilling into a magma chamber and the volcano not going boom
Spin a turbine, generate electricity, transmit via HVDC?
too effective, HVAC with large losses is the best I can offer
We did our best.
I’d like to see some definitions or units put next to ‘ultra high’.
Don’t worry, water boils, steam spins turbine.
The article says they have one example of drilling into a magma chamber and it not going boom. I hope their optimism is justified, but this looks like the plot at the beginning of an apocalyptic movie