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RE: What If Nuclear Fusion Breakthroughs Made Nuclear Fusion Obsolete?

in LeoFinance2 years ago

It would be possible, but if they're drilling 12 miles deep, the installation cost is likely to outpace solar or wind by quite a bit for many more years. Also, these systems will produce a lot more than any single home would need. They would probably be an excellent solution for rural communities like mine.

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Oh no. They won't be drilling twelve miles. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't go much deeper. Twenty, Forty? How about a hundred miles? How far can a maser reach?

It's real interesting the way a millimeter wave drilling rig works. The high energy (megawatt) microwaves are producted by a gyrotron. That's what they're using to attempt fusion. They're available now, off the shelf. A mite expensive. About a million dollars each. Using wave guides, metal tubes, the beam can be manipulated any which way. The interesting thing about that particular wave length is that 'smoke' is invisible to it. In other words when it burns a hole in the ground the smoke doesn't divert the beam.

It just keep going, and going, and going. Theoretically a hole can be drilled to EXTREME depths. Not only that but the process is self casing. The sides of the bore melts to glass. The wave guide in extremely light. MUCH lighter than today's drill rod. That means a typical rig could drill much, much deeper due to the lighter weight.

The concept has been proven to work in labs. Now the engineering needs to be refined so that it will work in the field.