There's enough energy just in the very thin crust of our planet to run human society for hundreds of thousands of years. Getting to it and bringing it to the surface is the challenge. Now a new team of engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs, who were clearly Star Wars fans as children, has developed an immensely powerful 'ray gun' that can vaporise rocks down to twenty kilometres. Terrifying or very exciting? Take your pick!

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QUAISE Energy
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