Posted: Mar 14, 2022 11:06 am
by Macdoc
Do you think the folks at MIT or Quaise really cares about your opinion Cito. Bit of hubris there.

In 2018, MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center spun out a business called Quaise, specifically focused on ultra-deep geothermal using hybrid systems that combine traditional rotary drilling with gyrotron-powered millimeter-wave technology, while pumping in argon as a purge gas to clean and cool the bore while firing rock particles back up to the surface and out of the way.

The company has raised some US$63 million to date, comprising $18 million in seed funding, $5 million in grants, and $40 million in a Series A financing round closed earlier this month.


Don't think you were invited. Sour milk dept over near the blue cheese.

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From a human scale of energy needs over time, unlimited if the boring technology works.
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