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Iceland will tunnel into a volcano to tap into virtually unlimited geothermal power
(www.zmescience.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2024
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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?