[pettusftw]

Interesting. I've wondered about this sort of pivot before. Coming from Oklahoma where O&G reigns supreme it seemed natural to galvanize that same workforce for this type of clean energy, and with the explosion of horizontal drilling and fracking over the past couple of decades I often wondered why no one had targeted geothermal in earnest yet. Glad to see it's being worked on and gaining steam.

There are plenty of people who work in O&G that wouldn't mind one bit if their skillset was driving a green technology. They're most protective of their "way of life" and if they can see themselves as creating and leading a new industry their fed egos could benefit everyone rather than just their midstream uncles making millions and their roughneck cousins making slightly-less-than-millions.