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

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177 points mooreds | 1 comments | 06 Sep 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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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Tempest1981 ◴[06 Sep 25 22:10 UTC] No.45153345[source]▶
Helpful but pointless metrics:

1 Statue of Liberty (including foundation) is roughly 1 American football field (excluding end zones)

1 Eiffel Tower is around 3 Statues of Liberty (each with foundation)... which is almost 1600 bananas

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1. mooreds ◴[07 Sep 25 11:30 UTC] No.45157271[source]▶
Wow, so the deepest well is about 27k bananas deep. Amazing!