XCR1250 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Radical Plan to Make Earth's Deepest Hole Could Unleash Limitless Energy MIKE MCRAE 9 MARCH 2022 Since its launch in 2020, a pioneering energy company called Quaise has attracted some serious attention for its audacious goal of diving further into Earth's crust than anybody has dug before. Following the closure of first round venture capital funding, the MIT spin-off has now raised a total of US$63 million: a respectable start that could potentially make geothermal power accessible to more populations around the world. The company's vision for getting closer to the center of the Earth is to combine conventional drilling methods with a megawatt-power flashlight inspired by the kind of technology that could one day make nuclear fusion energy possible. Geothermal energy has become the forgotten renewable. With solar and wind increasingly dominating the market of green energy, efforts to tap the vast reservoir of heat deep beneath our feet remain stubbornly well behind. It's not hard to understand why. Despite being a perfectly good choice of clean, uninterrupted, limitless power, there are very few places where hot rocks suitable for geothermal energy extraction sit conveniently close to the surface. Quaise aims to change that by developing technology that will allow us to bake holes in the crust to record depths. To date our best efforts at chewing our way through the planet's skin have bottomed out at around 12.3 kilometers (7.6 miles). While the Kola Superdeep Borehole and others like it may have reached their limit, though, they nonetheless represent amazing feats of engineering. To push further, we'd need to find ways to grind away at material squeezed by dozens of kilometers of overhead rock, and then cart it back up to the surface. Digging tools would also need to still be able to grind rock at temperatures exceeding 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit). Turning the drill bits over such a long distance would also need some clever thinking. One potential alternative to the above obstacles is to drill less – and burn more. Born out of nuclear fusion research at MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Quaise's solution is to use millimeter long waves of electromagnetic radiation that force atoms to melt together. Devices called gyrotrons can efficiently churn out continuous beams of electromagnetic radiation by shaking electrons at high speed inside powerful magnetic fields. By hooking a megawatt-power gyrotron up to the latest in cutting tools, Quaise expects to be able to blaze its way through the toughest, hottest rock, down to depths of around 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) in a matter of months. At these depths, the heat of the surrounding rock can hit temperatures of around 500 degrees Celsius – enough to transform any liquid water pumped down there into a vapor-like supercritical state that's perfect for generating electricity. Using its seed and investment funding, Quaise anticipates having field-deployable devices providing proof-of-concept operations within the next two years. If all goes well, it could have a working system producing power by 2026. By 2028, the company hopes to be able to take over old coal-fueled power stations, transforming them into facilities powered by steam instead. It's a technology at once so old and yet so novel, we're bound to have plenty of questions on how, and whether, it might ever succeed. Lucky for us, Loz Blain over at New Atlas has listed a bunch of them for Quaise's CEO and co-founder, Carlos Araque, to answer. Even without this technology, roughly 8.3 percent of the world's energy could come from a geothermal source, supplying around 17 percent of the world's population. Close to 40 nations could rely completely on geothermal energy right now. Yet currently, less than half a percent of the world's electricity is provided by the heat beneath our feet. To remain on track for net zero emissions by 2050, geothermal energy should be growing at around 13 percent each year. Right now, its expansion is a mere fraction of that. That leaves a lot of room to grow, even if we don't find a way to expand its reach. Whether companies like Quaise will help invigorate interest this underdog is left to be seen. What's certain though is that time to cut emissions and cap global warming to something less catastrophic is rapidly shrinking. We're hitting rock bottom, so maybe it's time for us to dig a little deeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 If you are hoping for cheap or free energy you should just forget about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Energy, food, energy more food, more energy, more food, more energy, much more energy. I got an idea, why doesn't the fukkin WORLD put more energy toward POPULATION CONTROL!! Problem solved!! There used ta' be a guy on the Johnny Carson Show in the 60s, a PHd, ranting about population control. Haven't heard ONE FUCKING WORD about it, since him..................sixty fucking years ago!!!!! Not one fucking word!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 This guy wanted to give us free energy 100 years ago https://www.biography.com/inventor/nikola-tesla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, Polaris 550 said: Energy, food, energy more food, more energy, more food, more energy, much more energy. I got an idea, why doesn't the fukkin WORLD put more energy toward POPULATION CONTROL!! Problem solved!! There used ta' be a guy on the Johnny Carson Show in the 60s, a PHd, ranting about population control. Haven't heard ONE FUCKING WORD about it, since him..................sixty fucking years ago!!!!! Not one fucking word!!!! The whole population of the World would fit in Jacksonville Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, XCR1250 said: The whole population of the World would fit in Jacksonville Florida. Come on X, 7 billion in Jacksonville????? If that's true we should do it.......................then drop a MOAB on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 26 minutes ago, Polaris 550 said: Energy, food, energy more food, more energy, more food, more energy, much more energy. I got an idea, why doesn't the fukkin WORLD put more energy toward POPULATION CONTROL!! Problem solved!! There used ta' be a guy on the Johnny Carson Show in the 60s, a PHd, ranting about population control. Haven't heard ONE FUCKING WORD about it, since him..................sixty fucking years ago!!!!! Not one fucking word!!!! Elites want population control. Gates etc. Covid was step one - vaxxes are step 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 20 minutes ago, Polaris 550 said: Come on X, 7 billion in Jacksonville????? If that's true we should do it.......................then drop a MOAB on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The entire population of the earth would only take up 25km sq (16.8 miles sq). So yes, the entire population would fit in Jacksonville quite comfortably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Dumbfucks are gonna dig too deep and fall out the bottom,fucking round earthers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, ford_428cj said: Elites want population control. Gates etc. Covid was step one - vaxxes are step 2. I don't think Covid was for population control, if it was, it was a dismal failure. I read where the people lost to COVID were triple replaced by the filthy breeders out there. MAJOR FAIL. I do believe COVID was an act of BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, to retaliate against the USA, for Trump's China Trade deal. Remember the fucking New York big mouthed cock-face saying how he was great friends with Xi? Look at Xi, with Putin now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, XCR1250 said: The entire population of the earth would only take up 25km sq (16.8 miles sq). So yes, the entire population would fit in Jacksonville quite comfortably. I can think of three continents that I would like to see MOABED!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 39 minutes ago, Anler said: This guy wanted to give us free energy 100 years ago https://www.biography.com/inventor/nikola-tesla He was as nutty as those that think perpetual motion exists today. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, Polaris 550 said: I read where the people lost to COVID were triple replaced by the filthy breeders out there. MAJOR FAIL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, Polaris 550 said: I don't think Covid was for population control, if it was, it was a dismal failure. I read where the people lost to COVID were triple replaced by the filthy breeders out there. MAJOR FAIL. I do believe COVID was an act of BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, to retaliate against the USA, for Trump's China Trade deal. Remember the fucking New York big mouthed cock-face saying how he was great friends with Xi? Look at Xi, with Putin now!!! It knocked out millions of old folks. The vax will knock out way more - along with the young being infertile after taking it. That's what top experts say any way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, ford_428cj said: It knocked out millions of old folks. The vax will knock out way more - along with the young being infertile after taking it. That's what top experts say any way In the USA we have 330,000,000 people. We lost about 1,000,000 to covid. That's not really a good KILL RATE. However, nothing would surprise me in this fukkin world, maybe the vaxxes are sinister. As I've stated before for years, the USA is under siege........on many fronts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 4 hours ago, NaturallyAspirated said: He was as nutty as those that think perpetual motion exists today. Neal You've never been right about anything, lug flick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 That's what she said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHADOSPRIT Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 16 hours ago, Polaris 550 said: Energy, food, energy more food, more energy, more food, more energy, much more energy. I got an idea, why doesn't the fukkin WORLD put more energy toward POPULATION CONTROL!! Problem solved!! There used ta' be a guy on the Johnny Carson Show in the 60s, a PHd, ranting about population control. Haven't heard ONE FUCKING WORD about it, since him..................sixty fucking years ago!!!!! Not one fucking word!!!! Shoulda talked to your mom about it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 5 hours ago, SHADOSPRIT said: Shoulda talked to your mom about it!!! Hey, it's not too late to abort you!! We'll check your amniotic fluid for indications of retardation. I'd say, get ready to bend over and kiss your ass goodbye!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 6:26 PM, Anler said: You've never been right about anything, lug flick Yes dear. Oh, sorry, thought my wife signed up on FS there for a second. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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