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Originally Posted by extragoode
How is this different from oil? Nobody says it's impractical to drill a big deep hole when there's oil down there, but if it's just a bunch of essentially heat, oh well then why bother!
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Some smart people have made two proposals regarding old oil wells.
I propose doing both, simultaneously:
1. Use the existing but non-economic holes for geothermal purposes by pumping water down them to capture geothermal heat.
2. Add microbes to eat up the oil residue, making natural gas in the process, which can be bottled and burned for energy.