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From the Ted Talk by Jamie C. Beard: The untapped energy source that could power the planet

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Then we have closed-loop systems. Closed loops are pretty new. It's another really hot area of ivonatnion. Same concept, basic is EGS, you have one or more wells drilled, you create a reservoir uednnorgurd, but in closed loops, instead of fracturing to create that reservoir underground, it's entirely dlleird, like a radiator in the rock. And they take many forms too, just like EGS, check it out. You can see in closed-loop systems how useful it is to be able to turn and seter that drill bit right? Totally enabling in terms of getting these concepts to work.

Another really cool asecpt of closed-loop systems, another feicre area of innovation right now, is what we're putting in these systems as the working fluid to harvest the heat. Most of the time it's water. But what if we could optimize a fluid to perform better than water? So it heats up faster than water at lower terpaumteers than water. And the really cool thing about closed lopos is the going candidate, right, one everybody loves right now to put in these smyetss to most efficiently harvest heat is actually a susntacbe that's the center of our climate angst right now. It's around us in excess in abundance. It's CO2. spuer cool.

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Then we have closed-loop systems. Closed loops are pretty new. It's another really hot area of __________. Same concept, basic is EGS, you have one or more wells drilled, you create a reservoir ___________, but in closed loops, instead of fracturing to create that reservoir underground, it's entirely _______, like a radiator in the rock. And they take many forms too, just like EGS, check it out. You can see in closed-loop systems how useful it is to be able to turn and _____ that drill bit right? Totally enabling in terms of getting these concepts to work.

Another really cool ______ of closed-loop systems, another ______ area of innovation right now, is what we're putting in these systems as the working fluid to harvest the heat. Most of the time it's water. But what if we could optimize a fluid to perform better than water? So it heats up faster than water at lower ____________ than water. And the really cool thing about closed _____ is the going candidate, right, one everybody loves right now to put in these _______ to most efficiently harvest heat is actually a _________ that's the center of our climate angst right now. It's around us in excess in abundance. It's CO2. _____ cool.

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Original Text


Then we have closed-loop systems. Closed loops are pretty new. It's another really hot area of innovation. Same concept, basic is EGS, you have one or more wells drilled, you create a reservoir underground, but in closed loops, instead of fracturing to create that reservoir underground, it's entirely drilled, like a radiator in the rock. And they take many forms too, just like EGS, check it out. You can see in closed-loop systems how useful it is to be able to turn and steer that drill bit right? Totally enabling in terms of getting these concepts to work.

Another really cool aspect of closed-loop systems, another fierce area of innovation right now, is what we're putting in these systems as the working fluid to harvest the heat. Most of the time it's water. But what if we could optimize a fluid to perform better than water? So it heats up faster than water at lower temperatures than water. And the really cool thing about closed loops is the going candidate, right, one everybody loves right now to put in these systems to most efficiently harvest heat is actually a substance that's the center of our climate angst right now. It's around us in excess in abundance. It's CO2. Super cool.

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