@txag70 We've managed to drill down 5km now, which would be about enough to drill through the Earth's crust where it's thinnest at various locations at the bottom of the ocean, now where it's thickest on the continents is about 70km, so we'd only need to drill 14 times deeper than we have now and let's not forget you don't need to drill through the entire crust to get to enough heat for energy. I'm optimistic about our ability to improve on the achievements of today in the future. It really seems like people can achieve just about anything if they put their minds to it. So the question is, will there be locations on the planet in the future that we can't tap into geothermal energy from?
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@txag70 We've managed to drill down 5km now, which would be about enough to drill through the Earth's crust where it's thinnest at various locations at the bottom of the ocean, now where it's thickest on the continents is about 70km, so we'd only need to drill 14 times deeper than we have now and let's not forget you don't need to drill through the entire crust to get to enough heat for energy. I'm optimistic about our ability to improve on the achievements of today in the future. It really seems like people can achieve just about anything if they put their minds to it. So the question is, will there be locations on the planet in the future that we can't tap into geothermal energy from?