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GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Supported
Beebe: Solar Scaled Through Brute-Force Supply Chains, Not Novel Tech
“And one of the key catalysts that I hadn't really understood was the ability to use non-semiconductor grade silicon, you know, not the purest type of silicon to make solar cells. So instead of radical innovation, you know people like Nanosolar and even Solyndr…”
Andrew Beebe Jun 10, 2024 ▶ 4:57 AI-fueled geothermal and ‘the edge of the possible’
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Contradicted
Beebe: Zanskar has proven a 90% hit rate for exploratory geothermal wells
“Today, when we do, when we drill wells looking for geothermal, we'll drill 10 wells and get one hot spot. And that's not cost effective. Those wells are very expensive. With Zanskar, they have been proven that they can drill 10 wells and get 90% hit rates, and…”
Andrew Beebe Jun 10, 2024 ▶ 19:35 AI-fueled geothermal and ‘the edge of the possible’
GREEN BLUEPRINT Prediction Didn’t hold up
Beebe: Lilium is one to two years from commercial flight
“I think they are, let's say, a year or two away from human and commercial flight.”
Andrew Beebe Jun 10, 2024 ▶ 26:03 AI-fueled geothermal and ‘the edge of the possible’
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Supported
Beebe: Solar Costs Dropped From $10/Watt to Under $0.20/Watt Today
“We went from 10 dollars a watt when I started to a dollar a watt when I was, ah, leaving, and really people have taken it almost an order of magnitude down from there, and it's just extraordinary.”
Andrew Beebe Jun 10, 2024 ▶ 3:20 AI-fueled geothermal and ‘the edge of the possible’
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