Geothermal Ahead of Schedule
This is a tweet thread from the CEO, the article is here (but paywalled) <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-18/fervo-energy-says-it-has-achieved-geothermal-energy-tech-breakthrough" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-18/fervo-ene...</a> and what it shows is something that readers of this site should be very familiar with; technology advances impact adjacent markets "invisibly."<p>My interest in PDC bits and the advancements in drilling related to how much simpler it would be to add fiber to the metro area by drilling horizontally 500' below street level (essentially no obstructions). The missing link there is lining the drill tube dynamically and going horizontally through water (for example) is not straight forward.