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Why Did the Volcano Power Test Only Work for Ten Seconds?
From the BBN segment “Volcano power test may have netted under ten seconds”, cut down to under a minute.
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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Ars Technica.
Dr. Nina ByteUpdate on the volcano power from earlier today.
Dr. Nina ByteCanary Media says the test unit ran for nearly thirty seconds, but one report says only under ten of those seconds were net-positive electricity.
Kenji MoonfieldUnder ten seconds of net-positive! That's a clip, Nina. That's a really watchable clip.
Dr. Nina ByteNet-positive means it made more energy than it used. For the other twenty seconds the volcano mostly sent us the bill.
Kenji MoonfieldWhy so short?
Dr. Nina ByteArs Technica says the well was fifty-two feet deep and two inches wide, too small to supply enough fluid to run the plant. It's a volcano on a straw.
Kenji MoonfieldTen seconds is a story, Nina. Nobody watches the other twenty anyway.
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