So, while we may have ‘carbon based resources’ the energy in is going to soon exceed energy produced on the difficult ones. Thus, we need fusion. Hopefully soon.
Hydrocarbons are too precious of a resource it should be used for petrochemicals medicines lubricants adhesives polymers fertilizer anything but burning it to the sky it’s far too valuable as a raw resource then burning it once and it’s gone forever fossil resources should only be used to make energy harvesting machines that have a minimum e o r i of at least 40 some have over 100 and nuclear can be into the thousands.
Jesse right as usual.
https://x.com/JessePeltan/status/1773117659049079220
The world used 592 exajoules in 2024...
The total amount of solar energy absorbed by the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year.
We have a fusion reactor it’s in the sky and continually baths the entire planet in its glory. Look as t those two numbers every other energy source is a rounding error.
Compared to The amount of geothermal heat flux from the Earth is estimated to be approximately 1,400 to 1,800 exajoules per year.
Earth would be an ice ball without the sun.
With enhanced geothermal and millimeter wave plasma drilling. .
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS): Next-generation technologies like EGS aim to unlock a much larger portion of the geothermal potential by drilling deeper into the hotter, drier rock that is widely available. Estimates suggest that at a depth of 5 km, the global electricity potential is 21,000 (EJ), with even larger amounts at greater depths.
I know a couple of the Geos in Houston working with this tech.
https://newatlas.com/energy/quaise-energy-millimeter-wave-drill-demo-houston/