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Iceland will tunnel into a volcano to tap into virtually unlimited geothermal power
(www.zmescience.com)
Sounds like an idea in a film that doesnt end very well
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2024
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It's 2023. Every possible scientific venture has been the subject of a science fiction/horror movie.
The recycled steel in a kid's braces was exposed to radiation, now she's "The Thing With X-Ray Teeth!!"
We’re in 2024 now my guy
We are. He's still working on it, and that's okay.
Don't pick on the late bloomer.
Dangerous. Just one little block too much removed, then:
Just don't drop the lightsaber perfectly vertical
Hmm, I wonder how much heat a lightsaber handle could take before it stops working.
Apparently magma chambers have accidentally been drilled into before.
Edit: That's actually in this article, too.
You may find that getting your cautionary tales from a bunch of old, established powers might be flawed if you think about for a bit.
I'm pretty sure I've seen a movie with exactly this premise before, lol.
Disaster zone: volcano in New York. An absolute gem.
Crack in the world (1965)
Do you want balrogs? Cause that's how you get balrogs
They delved too deep and greedily...
Iceland gets the vast majority of its power from geothermal, but this is the first time they're drilling into an active volcano.
It'll be an interesting experiment, and hopefully will help bring even more clean energy possibilities to the world.
Well... First time on purpose
From the article:
But we know for sure it can be done because in 2009 a nearby Icelandic geothermal plant accidentally drilled into Krafla's magma chamber. The incident revealed important insights about the liquid state and dynamic interactions of the magma, although the drill's steel casings were obliterated in the process. On the bright side, this incursion also showed that exposing the magma chamber doesn't cause volcanoes to erupt.
Best "on the bright side" I have ever read.
I love how it's first "Oh, we had some great findings." and only second "And no one died.".
We get the vast majority from hydroelectric energy, since we have huge glacial rivers.
For now
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Nothing could go wrong creating a volcano lair. /s
I wouldn't be in their place when the Horned Reaper crawls out.
This is Iceland, it's Surtr we need to worry abour
I really like that image, very satisfying for some reason.
(it's the symmetry)
I've seen this episode of Stargate, the entire planet became uninhabitable for centuries.
At least it’s not the Nazi planet episode.
Which one? Lol.
Based, icland could get the biggest exporter of green Hydrogen doing that
Didn't just recently a volcano tunnel into Iceland? How safe is this?
Iceland has 32 active volcanoes. Eruptions are fairly routine, there.
I'm not saying this is safe or not. I'm just saying if any country in the world can tame a volcano, it Iceland.
32 volcanoes, but how many of them are over a mile long? That's rad af.
Anyway, I wonder if drilling into the magma chamber won't create a "path of least resistance" for when the volcano finally decides to erupt... doesn't sound like a good idea to stay at the other end of such path.
Then, with earthquakes and what not, how stable can they keep that bore hole?
Now we just need to relocate the population.
The power of the ~~sun~~ earth, in the palm of my hands