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Re:You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill dee... by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:55PM (#30481199)
> Don't worry, we were doing nuclear fracking back in the days. Everything that could work has been tried for oil and gas exploration.

Likewise, everything that conceivably could be done with nuclear was tried or at least designed for a while there - lighting watches with radium, digging canals with nukes, space travel by continuously exploding nukes behind you... good times. (Horrifying times, but w/e;])

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Re:You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill dee... by CRConrad on Monday March 07, 2022 @05:55AM (#30586310)
> Likewise, everything that conceivably could be done with nuclear was tried or at least designed for a while there - lighting watches with radium, digging canals with nukes, space travel by continuously exploding nukes behind you... good times. (Horrifying times, but w/e;])

"The top secret plan to explode a nuclear bomb in Yorkshire", by Tom Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceWZslOfEjs

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Re:You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill dee... by dhosek on Saturday February 26, 2022 @03:26PM (#30481575)
Not to mention https://gajitz.com/1950s-radioactive-science-kit-most-danger...
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