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Geothermal power may be about to kill the Nuclear Energy industry. Drilling costs are falling so fast, by 2027 it will be able to provide baseload electricity at the same price. (www.nature.com)
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[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

We are insignificant flecks of nothing compared to the molton core of the earth.

Abject nothing.

[–] Khanzarate 51 points 3 days ago (9 children)

At one point, climate change was dismissed based on the same logic.

Its worth thinking ahead and doing the math.

[–] TropicalDingdong 3 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Yeah but this is just like, not understanding the scales and orders of magnitude we're talking about here.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

No, this is a hold my beer kind of thing.

Give me unlimited energy from the molten core of the earth and I will fuck around and find out.

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