alt Hacker NewsRecently had a conversation of space based solar power pros and cons screech to a halt when someone said "Well what about space based geothermal?"
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meepmorp • 06/27/2025
I guess from a certain perspective, all our sources of geothermal energy are already located in space
Metacelsus • 06/26/2025
maybe on Io :)
What's the issue? If we can beam power down, we can beam it up!
More realistically, just drop a thermally conductive cable down to low solar orbit. Absolutely unlimited.