eli5: Why geothermal energy is not very efficent? If we dug much Much deeper could we gather massive amounts of energy because of being closer to the core? (I saw how close we are currently to it so I don’t think its happening anytime soon)
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Getting close to the core isn’t possible the deepest wells and tunnels have barely scratched the surface of the Earth a lot of the heat near the surface of the Earth is generated by rocks like granite having uranium decaying in it basically powering geothermal energy on nuclear reactions.
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