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Geothermal power may be about to kill the Nuclear Energy industry. Drilling costs are falling so fast, by 2027 it will be able to provide baseload electricity at the same price. (www.nature.com)

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 5 months ago (35 children)

I'm a huge nuclear energy advocate, but if there is an even better way to get baseline power to fill in the gaps between solar and wind I am all for it. My only question would be the downsides (if any) of using the earths core to power things.

Like if every country starts slapping these things down all over the place would it even start cooling the core in any meaningful way? Would that potentially lead to problems later?

My gut says no, but I would rather at least ask the question and get laughed at than never consider it and have it bite us in the ass later.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I may be wrong here but I believe a lot of the heat at the core is generated from nuclear decay. so it should be self replenishing, not to mention the scale of which is probably insignificant.

hey, maybe we take enough away it stops a few volcano's exploding :)

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