Steven Novella

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1,536 appearances 3 recordings 2 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 4 Jul

Steven Novella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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You could put them anywhere, but it's got to be economical to drill.

Absolutely.

So how much geothermal energy is there within, you always have to say within a certain amount of miles, say within 10 miles of the crust?

Four.

How much geothermal energy is there in terms of how many years could it run our current civilization?

Oh, wow.

Within 10 miles?

It's millions.

Millions.

Basically limitless.

So we are sitting on top of limitless energy.

We just need to drill down to it.

So what are the challenges of the drilling?

Let's talk about that.

So the deeper you go, the hotter it gets.

No, the harder the ground, because it's under more pressure.

We're not going anywhere near the gooey part.

We're just, so it gets harder and hotter.

And so the hotter destroys equipment, right?

Destroys electronics.

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