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Iceland will tunnel into a volcano to tap into virtually unlimited geothermal power (www.zmescience.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Espiritdescali@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

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?

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