I love what this company is working towards and I wish them all the swift success, as I give thanks for their work. That said, I see geothermal, even with this tech being a substantial part of the diverse energy mix. I suspect the ranges of the mix by 2050 will probably look something like this: solar 20 to 35%, wind 20 to 35%, hydro 10 to 20%, nuclear 5 to 20%, bioenergy 1 to 10%, and geothermal 5 to 25%. My current bet would be solar 25%, wind 25%, nuclear 10%, hydro 15%, just over geothermal 20%, and bioenergy just under 5%. The idea of geothermal at over 50% is neat, but seems unlikely with the currently extant and growing power sources.
I think you're on the right track, unless we have breakthrough's in fusion. If that happens (which I think is likely with the assistance of AI) we should see most of our power coming from fusion at low cost. Until then i totally agree that solar, wind and battery storage will be doing the bulk of the new energy production!
@joequam5146 AI may very well give us the math for fusion, but actually building it out at profitable scale will still take a great deal of time. Fortunately we have those 6 families I list which can handle everything.
I don't disagree with you there :) Either way what a wonderful time to be alive to see this transition come to pass. Cannot happen fast enough! @@Dr.Gehrig
Are there any videos of the Quaise gyrotron drilling through a few feet of solid rock? I have seen videos where a laser appears to melt a few millimeters of a rock's surface. But I have not seen a demonstration of a gyroton creating a substantially deep bore hole in rock. Seeing is believing!
@@PolyThumper you can Google part or all of the below quote to see the article: "The earlier experiments at MIT produced 10-centimeter-deep holes in palm-sized slabs of rock. At Oak Ridge, Quaise has vaporized 3-foot-deep holes into larger rocks using the national lab’s more powerful megawatt-size gyrotrons. This year, the startup is planning to drill about 30 feet into the actual ground outside the Oak Ridge facility."
@@PolyThumper but also look at Hypersciences. They literally shoot at the ground to drill. They probably might be cheaper and still fast. But they can't drill sideways lol.
The background music is very annoying. I can barely hear what the presenter is saying. What material will you use for the 20,000m pipe to deliver the microwaves and circulation gas. I guess you will require centralisers to not only centralise but to take some of the load. Pipe stretch at normal temperature will be bad enough but in 500deg C? To monitor wellbore inclination and azimuth which survey tool do you intend to run?
Looking forward to the Q4 demos and updates
I love what this company is working towards and I wish them all the swift success, as I give thanks for their work. That said, I see geothermal, even with this tech being a substantial part of the diverse energy mix. I suspect the ranges of the mix by 2050 will probably look something like this: solar 20 to 35%, wind 20 to 35%, hydro 10 to 20%, nuclear 5 to 20%, bioenergy 1 to 10%, and geothermal 5 to 25%. My current bet would be solar 25%, wind 25%, nuclear 10%, hydro 15%, just over geothermal 20%, and bioenergy just under 5%. The idea of geothermal at over 50% is neat, but seems unlikely with the currently extant and growing power sources.
I think you're on the right track, unless we have breakthrough's in fusion. If that happens (which I think is likely with the assistance of AI) we should see most of our power coming from fusion at low cost. Until then i totally agree that solar, wind and battery storage will be doing the bulk of the new energy production!
@joequam5146 AI may very well give us the math for fusion, but actually building it out at profitable scale will still take a great deal of time. Fortunately we have those 6 families I list which can handle everything.
I don't disagree with you there :) Either way what a wonderful time to be alive to see this transition come to pass. Cannot happen fast enough! @@Dr.Gehrig
Are there any videos of the Quaise gyrotron drilling through a few feet of solid rock? I have seen videos where a laser appears to melt a few millimeters of a rock's
surface. But I have not seen a demonstration of a gyroton creating a substantially deep bore hole in rock. Seeing is believing!
They've done 3 feet with a photo. It's in one of their videos. You'll have to just watch an hrs worth on youtube.
@@baloog8 great thank you. I haven’t spotted that. If you find the URL please post.
@@PolyThumper you can Google part or all of the below quote to see the article:
"The earlier experiments at MIT produced 10-centimeter-deep holes in palm-sized slabs of rock. At Oak Ridge, Quaise has vaporized 3-foot-deep holes into larger rocks using the national lab’s more powerful megawatt-size gyrotrons. This year, the startup is planning to drill about 30 feet into the actual ground outside the Oak Ridge facility."
@@PolyThumper but also look at Hypersciences. They literally shoot at the ground to drill. They probably might be cheaper and still fast. But they can't drill sideways lol.
@@baloog8 Thanks! Good luck to the crew.
I wish this company would work with Eavor Loop.
Very interesting topic, no need for the annoying music.
So is there any news in the last 12 months?
None lol
The background music is very annoying. I can barely hear what the presenter is saying.
What material will you use for the 20,000m pipe to deliver the microwaves and circulation gas. I guess you will require centralisers to not only centralise but to take some of the load. Pipe stretch at normal temperature will be bad enough but in 500deg C? To monitor wellbore inclination and azimuth which survey tool do you intend to run?
What happens if you mistakenly drill into a vulcano? Will your drilling rig just go poof! ?
Haha. I hate when that happens!