China is Drilling the World's Deepest Hole - Here's Why

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As a 43 year oil geologist, I can tell you that wells this deep could possibly only make economic sense for hydrotheral energy. There is no present technology that could economically extract minerals. Plus, the challenges to drill wells at that depth/heat horizontally are beyond our abilities, now and for the far future.

They're pulling a reverse Uno card and drilling to the US😂

I worked on a test hole for geothermal energy on the east side of Mt. Shasta, California. At 9000 feet we hit superheated water over 700 degrees, but it had no pressure behind it, and was deemed unusable at that time, 40 years ago.

Your video was really well made and you are a great presenter! Thanks !

They heard all the stories of digging to China and wanted to dig back 😜

There is vast amount of heat down there and the potential for geothermal energy at that depth, is enormous.

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I'm liking your videos a lot, the more I watch you. You always give a complex, deep reading of any given topic, from a broad, big-picture perspective... and it's something we need a lot more of, in this Western culture many of ourselves find ourselves in due to mere circumstance.

It was refreshing to see someone is still drilling, or at least intending to. My Mum was involved in Kola Superdeep Borehole project as data analyst so I grew up in the 80's with constant updates on Kola SD-3 progress. Still have a "souvenir" rock at home stamped with СГ-3 12262m. Quaise technology sounds very sci-fi but hey, if they manage to pull this off (let alone at $0.5M per drill) that'd be amazing! Goodluck to the Chinese, though.. Great video overall, as the few I watched from your channel before, so finally subscribed.

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Great post. Thanks.

Hi from Ireland. Love your content :)

You just explained something. A neighbor called me last week. A hole opened up in his back yard. Two Chinese men poked their heads out of the hole. Then they went back down. He wanted to know if I knew where he could get a rope ladder.

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