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Cape Station, future home of an enhanced geothermal power plant, in Utah

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filenox ◴[06 Sep 25 21:08 UTC] No.45152845[source]▶
Most wells at Cape Station are between 8,000 and 9,000 feet deep, and the deepest one extends a mind-blowing 15,000 feet below the surface. That is about the depth you'd get to if you stacked 50 Statues of Liberty on top of each other!

For those who prefer a less American-centric metric: 8,000–9,000 feet is approximately 2.5 kilometers. 15,000 feet is about 4.5 kilometers — roughly the height of 14 Eiffel Towers stacked on top of each other!

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ajkjk ◴[06 Sep 25 21:17 UTC] No.45152917[source]▶
It's so silly to use statues of liberty as a metric when nobody really knows how tall it is either (famously it's a lot smaller than people expect).
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rplnt ◴[06 Sep 25 21:41 UTC] No.45153127[source]▶
The idea is you assume it with the base while they only used the statue itself, making whatever they are measuring look more impressive.
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thaumasiotes ◴[06 Sep 25 23:17 UTC] No.45153797[source]▶
I think the idea is that nobody has any sense, even a very rough one, of how tall the Statue of Liberty might be. It's not like you ever see it in person, and if you did most of it would be in perspective, which ruins your chances of determining its size.

Most people have enough trouble believing that their foot is the same length as their forearm. You never see your feet close up, either.

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1. 3eb7988a1663 ◴[06 Sep 25 23:50 UTC] No.45153959[source]▶
Whelp, I just had to put my foot onto my arm, so point made.