2024-02-15

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The future of renewable energy involves two new power sources - near-magma geothermal and gold hydrogen. This video explains how these two new technological breakthroughs could become a reality, helping us get off our addiction to fossil fuels and potentially saving the planet.

Written by: Gregory Brown

Edited by: Luka Sarlija

Animations by: Max Simmons

Sources and further reading:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36944726/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2078062/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42569-9

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01922-y

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00129-1

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320583880_GEO-THERMAL_ENERGY_-_A_GREEN-LANE_TOWARDS_SUSTAINIBILITY

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134722-100-worlds-first-tunnel-to-a-magma-chamber-could-unleash-unlimited-energy/

https://www.wired.com/2011/02/using-magma-as-a-power-source-not-as-simple-as-it-seems/

https://www.businessinsider.com/iceland-scientists-drill-magma-chamber-source-kmt-geothermal-energy-limitless-2024-1

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/15/grindavik-residents-face-uncertain-future-after-volcano-erupts-again-iceland