alt Hacker News> If it wasn't, enhanced geothermal would be everywhere, which it isn't.
That seems like a fallacy.
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jerf • today at 3:14 PM
It may be a deductive fallacy, but it's perfectly reasonable inductively.
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> If it wasn't, enhanced geothermal would be everywhere, which it isn't.
That seems like a fallacy.
It may be a deductive fallacy, but it's perfectly reasonable inductively.
It is a heuristic regarding the scaling of a business idea based on conventional industrial processes presented as a technological breakthrough.
It is premised on a belief that a significant number of smart motivated professionals have been trying to solve the same problem with substantially the same budgets and technologies for many years and that experience has led them to an informed belief that more practical solutions exist.
You might say it is a stronger belief in engineering practice and economic efficiency than in press releases.
[note: I agree it would not be “everywhere” because the practicality of drilling into bedrock varies significantly between locations. But that is not a point in favor of scaling the proposed technique]