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Drilling the deepest hole in history: Unlocking geothermal energy (newatlas.com)
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[โ€“] TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Just watched this on YT (unrelated to this post) and it's a fantastic upload. They're already achieving 1m/hr drilling speed which stomps traditional bit-drill tech by a lot. And they can go way deeper.

[โ€“] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This glimmer of hope is wonderful and I wish them all the luck in the world in succeeding.