Comments on: Boston-Bred Geothermal Innovator, Foro Energy, Wins Biggest ARPA-E Energy Grant http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/10/26/boston-bred-geothermal-innovator-foro-energy-wins-biggest-arpa-e-energy-grant/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Pat http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/10/26/boston-bred-geothermal-innovator-foro-energy-wins-biggest-arpa-e-energy-grant/comment-page-1/#comment-89222 Pat Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:19:46 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=47715#comment-89222 Heard a whisper about this company this past spring, that lasers were involved and that some of the tech is from the Colorado School of Mines. Total speculation: This is part of the IP: http://tinyurl.com/laserdrill Heard a whisper about this company this past spring, that lasers were involved and that some of the tech is from the Colorado School of Mines.

Total speculation: This is part of the IP:

http://tinyurl.com/laserdrill

]]> By: Joe Fox http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/10/26/boston-bred-geothermal-innovator-foro-energy-wins-biggest-arpa-e-energy-grant/comment-page-1/#comment-88868 Joe Fox Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:06:29 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=47715#comment-88868 think about it. already the earth is hot: about one degree C. for every 100 feet of depth, and the rock remians resistent to disintegration. it is doubful that such technolgoy will be successful. there are no electronics that can function in a hot, downhole environment,seeing geothermal tempertures of between 300 to 500 C. think about it. already the earth is hot: about one degree C. for every 100 feet of depth, and the rock remians resistent to disintegration. it is doubful that such technolgoy will be successful. there are no electronics that can function in a hot, downhole environment,seeing geothermal tempertures of between 300 to 500 C.

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