# Did you know: The same tech that drills for oil and gas can be used to tap into clean energy?

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** TED
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai51iK5X1B8
- **Дата:** 20.03.2026
- **Длительность:** 1:26
- **Просмотры:** 31,519
- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/15016

## Описание

Deep beneath the Earth sits 50,000 times more energy than all the world's fossil fuel reserves, but accessing it requires using the same controversial technology that oil companies spent trillions to develop: fracking. Cindy Taff left Shell to prove that drilling for geothermal heat instead of hydrocarbons can deliver what solar, wind and fossil fuels can't — clean, renewable power at all times, regardless of weather. Could this be the breakthrough that finally solves our energy challenges?

## Транскрипт

### Segment 1 (00:00 - 01:00) []

What if we already have the technology needed to build a cleaner energy future, but we just haven't been using it that way? Traditional oil and gas companies have spent the last 100 years perfecting an engineering technique called horizontal drilling. Essentially drilling sideways into Earth's layers to pull out oil and gas that we use for everyday need. And that same technology can be used to tap into geothermal energy, a heat source stored even deeper into Earth's layers. It's cleaner, it's greener, and can store 50,000 times more energy than oil and gas. In her TED talk, Cindy Taff, a former oil and gas executive, explains that this isn't some futuristic dream. It's actually happening right now. This is footage from our energy storage facility which is actually built at a coal plant. This coal plant is delivering people electricity 24 hours a day and they are making the bold move to solar. Without our energy storage facility, they're not able to make that move because solar alone cannot replace that power 24 hours a day. — So there you have it. If we use the existing fossil fuel infrastructure to drill for heat instead of oil, we can actually reach our goal of a cleaner energy future by 2050, even more quickly.