Comment on Geothermal startup Fervo Energy is tapping fresh $221M round, filing reveals

gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Attention: geothermal energy is apparently non-renewable, most of the time.

This is because the heat generated underground is minuscule. Most of the heat is stored there for thousands of years, and only slowly regenerated by radioactive decay from the earth’s core. So for most practical applications, if you consume geothermal energy, it takes a very long time for it to regenerate.

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