A New Type of Geothermal Power Plant Just Made the Internet a Little Greener (www.wired.com)
from Bobble9211@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world on 29 Nov 2023 14:51
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aluminium@lemmy.world on 29 Nov 2023 15:28 next collapse

Are you sure thats not a picture of the upcomming RTX 7090 TI

shortwavesurfer@monero.town on 29 Nov 2023 15:35 next collapse

This idea rocks. Muhahahaha

NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world on 29 Nov 2023 16:37 next collapse

saw temperatures at the bottom of the boreholes reach 375 degrees Fahrenheit (191 C)

Why is it so hot there at only 2km deep?

topinambour_rex@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 2023 11:23 collapse

Could be near a volcanic area.

MonkderZweite@feddit.ch on 30 Nov 2023 12:57 next collapse

I mean, instead of mining Uran, refining it, bother with toxic waste in each step, why not harness the power of natural radioactive decay?

Btw, weren’t effective MASER drills invented a short while ago?

partial_accumen@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 2023 20:15 collapse

I do appreciate Google listing the carbon consumption per GCP datacenter when deploying a new workload. It allows customers to make low carbon choices for compute.

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9c454f20-9cd1-419f-8ae9-84de6c7c91b4.png">

MaggiWuerze@feddit.de on 30 Nov 2023 21:56 collapse

I assume the Paris value is only that low when their nuclear plants aren’t shut, down like basically all of '23