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Re:Fusion tech is set to unlock near-limitless ultra-deep ge... by Loquebantur on Saturday October 22, 2022 @04:39PM (#33302011)
You are. The physical principle of using microwaves for drilling is a sound concept, the application, refitting coal plants as geothermal, is a very good idea.

Predicting the future is always error-prone. Simply predicting failure is a cheap cop-out.

Re:Fusion tech is set to unlock near-limitless ultra-deep ge... by nasmorn on Sunday October 23, 2022 @02:53AM (#33305097)
I am not saying they are going to fail but claiming to drill farther than ever before (which was an outrageously expensive research project) and do that at controlled prices is an extraordinary claim. So my hope is they can show it can be done at any price. Then surely it will create a path for this to become economically viable eventually.