Quaise Energy – Unlocking the true power of clean geothermal energy
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#2I don’t know how to reason on the magnitudes and indirect effects here. If we are using the temperature differential, don’t we have to vent that into the atmosphere? Does that heat eventually go into the atmosphere anyway?
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#3Can anyone with experience comment on how realistic that is? Both in term of drilling, and in terms of how much power we could extract per drill.
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#5Stupid question but is it possible to cool the earth’s core if this tech was scaled out and used massively?
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#6Sound too good to be true.
2024: First full-scale hybrid drilling rig -> 2026: First Super Hot Enhanced Geothermal System rated to 100 MW... -> 2028: First powerplant.
This false prophet reminds me of Theranos/Elizabeth Holmes. Always skeptical when hearing about such unicorns hunting for idiots' money.
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#7Sounds promising. How realistic is the depth target of 20km really? Also, I would assume this infrastructure will be less applicable in locations with frequent earthquakes.
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#8Stupid question but is it possible to cool the earth’s core if this tech was scaled out and used massively?
The short answer is no, the long answer is no, but the really long answer is that everybody pretends that it's 100% safe but I guarantee nobody predicted global warming occurring when fossil fuels first started being used. There will be secondary effects, we just don't know what they are yet
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#9I don’t know how to reason on the magnitudes and indirect effects here. If we are using the temperature differential, don’t we have to vent that into the atmosphere? Does that heat eventually go into the atmosphere anyway?
Any use of energy eventually results in heat; that’s just the Second Law of Thermodynamics in operation.
But this effect is orders of magnitude smaller than the greenhouse effect.
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#10My response here is the same as what I say to proponents of new nuclear technologies: it's gotta work on a balance sheet, not just in a pitch deck. This isn't a new technology enabling new markets and new kinds of growth here, it's just... electricity. And even as a renewable option, it needs to be able to compete not just with fossil fuel generators with-all-the-externalities-factored-in, but with dams and windmills built with century-mature technology.
That's just a tall order. Should this be a legitimate research topic? Absolutely. Would I put my money down as an investor on this being a win? No. Should we be throwing public money at this? Hell no, we should be building more turbines with that money. Start on the weird stuff only once we've picked the low hanging fruit.