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| Gyrotron Assisted Laser Drilling to Drill 12 Mile Deep Hole - Maybe |
| 2025-03-10 |
| Quaise Energy is planning to drill test holes up to 12.4 miles deep, using a 1-megawatt gyrotron that should zip through the rock in a mere 100 days. At these depths, the temperature will likely be around 932 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to provide a practical source of geothermal energy. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #7 Okay and how are they going to keep pressure in the wellbore? Mud? Filling it with Argon isn't going to keep out influxes of water, oil, etc. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2025-03-10 23:21 |
| #6 A gyrotron is a vacuum electronic device (VED) capable of generating coherent high-power electromagnetic radiation in the microwave, millimeter wave and terahertz band. It operates on stimulated cyclotron radiation of electrons gyrating in a strong magnetic field typically provided by a superconducting magnet. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2025-03-10 20:31 |
| #5 I've seen this movie. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-03-10 17:27 |
| #4 " At these depths, the temperature will likely be around 932 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to provide a practical source of geothermal energy.." 1 Oops and a instant Super Volcano. Wonder what it would do to the surrounding Underground water and wells. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-03-10 16:12 |
| #3 An invasion of Pellucidar? |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-03-10 15:59 |
| #2 Prediction: they're going to find that lateral slip forces induced in the rock cause things to go sideways. Literally. There's a lot of lateral 'squirt' the the rocks that deep. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-03-10 15:43 |
| #1 If they let out the methane the balloon will collapse. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-03-10 11:12 |