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tahanson43206

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Re: Planetary Cores and potentials for geothermal power.

The article at the link below is about a German designed seismic sound truck to help to find geothermal well locations...

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/revolutionar … 00509.html

Revolutionary trucks could detect locations to extract game-changing energy from earth: 'Hurdles would be significantly reduced'
Jeremiah Budin
Wed, April 24, 2024 at 3:30 AM EDT·2 min read

The trucks were designed (apparently) to help with searches in urban areas, where traditional (open prairie) thumpers are not welcome.

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Mars_B4_Moon

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Re: Planetary Cores and potentials for geothermal power.

'Iceland plans to drill into a volcano's magma chamber to attain unlimited geothermal power'

https://www.odyssey-world.co.uk/blog/ic … le-energy/

Mars_B4_Moon

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Re: Planetary Cores and potentials for geothermal power.

Fusion Tech Finds Geothermal Energy Application
https://spectrum.ieee.org/geothermal-en … ron-quaise
MIT spinoff eyes microwave drills as route to robust geothermal rewards

plans to deploy what are called gyrotron drills to vaporize rock using powerful microwaves.