COuld NASA Really Defuse a Supervolcano? Plan Sparks Doomsday Fears

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[NormsRevenge]

What could possibly go wrong?....................

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Is Mr. Wizard available for comment?

[Red Badger]

No, he died in 2007.

I watched his shows as a kid in the 60’s..................

[Red Badger]

It will be ‘nigh’ if they poke a hole in the magma chamber!...............

[dfwgator]

[MattinNJ]

I actually thought about this. Couldn’t we remove as much of the dirt on top as possible so that when it blows, the volume of dirt kicked into the atmosphere is reduced? When it does go, we will have wished global warming was real because it will get mighty cold. Winter is coming!

[SandRat]

All I see is an empty repley. Wht did you try to put here?

[NormsRevenge]

He was one of the bright spots of the tube in the day..

drizzle drazzle ..

time for this one to come home.

[dfwgator]

Dr. Evil saying “Liquid Hot Magma.”

[Red Badger]

A show like that could not survive in today’s world............................

[Red Badger]

Pic-y no worky...................

[Red Badger]

“Drizzle, Drazzle, Drozzle, Drome; time for this one to come home.”

Thanks for the Memories.......................

[dfwgator]

Ugg, I still see it, but it's probably cached.....

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Close enough for all practical purposes. There is simply no way you can extract heat directly from magma. Besides, magma moves around all the time. Tapping geothermal heat in volcanic zones is tantamount to “tapping a volcano.”

[Wuli]

“Tapping geothermal heat in volcanic zones is tantamount to “tapping a volcano.”

No it is not, and repeating it leads to sheeple grasping onto the kind of numbskull ideas like those in the article.

The heat in a zone of magma and a volcano may have magma in common, but the heat alone and the volcano are not synonymous nor is the act of “tapping into” them synonymous and indistinguishable.

No energy geologist would ever make the claim they are getting geothermal energy directly “from a volcano”; because in fact it is not done.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Wonder what a J-DAM dropped on the middle of the magma chamber would do?

With 99.999% certainty, nothing at all. Trivial amount of energy compared to the smallest of earthquakes. The other .001%, it triggers an earthquake - one which was gonna happen soon anyway.

JMHO

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Geysers, fumaroles, mud pots, pahoehoe lava, Aa lava, magma, volcanos...they are all start with hot rocks.

[Bratch]

I read a story about something like this over 50 years ago.

[SandRat]

Sounds like an idea of MAJOR Roger Hey off an episode of “I Dream off of &Jeannie”.

[Wuli]

“Geysers, fumaroles, mud pots, pahoehoe lava, Aa lava, magma, volcanos...they are all start with hot rocks.”

Makes no difference. That they all “start with” hot rocks, does not make them synonymous with each other in geology.

Tapping into “heat & or heated water” from “hot rocks” is not synonymous with “tapping into volcano”.

A volcano is distinct in its features and is not synonymous in ITS features with all other geologic formations derived from “hot rocks”. It may represent a formation with “hot rock” origins with those other formations but is not synonymous with them. If that were NOT the case, geologists would never discuss and identify each of those geological formations independently, but would just call everything “a volcano”.

As much as YOU think they should do that, to satisfy your error of lumping them all as indistinguishable and one and the same thing, fortunately THEY do not make that mistake.

For a geyser (or fumaroles, ect) to exist, must there be a volcano? No. For every volcano is there geysers (fumaroles, ect.) No. Does a volcano have to have water present? No. Do geysers, fumaroles, ect.? Yes. Do they all have attributes independent of each other? Yes. They are all not synonymous, not the same thing, no matter that the heat engine for all of them is what you call “hot rocks”.

But you go right on pretending they are all the same thing. Ignorance is bliss I’m sure.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Clear Lake Volcanic Field is located about 90 miles north of San Francisco, California. The town of Clearlake lies within the volcanic field as does much of the 43,000-acre fresh water lake of its namesake. The Geysers steam field, which sits at the southwest margin of the volcanic region, is host to one of the world's most productive geothermal power plants, producing enough electricity for 850,000 homes. The heat driving the geothermal system emanates from a zone of partially molten rock (magma) deep below the greater Clear Lake volcanic system. The most prominent volcanic feature is 300,000 year-old Mount Konocti, rising about 975 m (3,200 ft) above the southwestern shore of the lake. The most recent eruptions occurred about 11,000 years ago around Mount Konocti.

Although Clear Lake volcanic field has not erupted for several millennia, sporadic volcanic-type earthquakes do occur, and the numerous hot springs and volcanic gas seeps at in the area point to its potential to erupt again. Monitoring in the Clear Lake region by the USGS and a collaborative effort with Calpine Corporation in the Geysers Steam Field, provides real-time tracking of earthquake activity. In addition, the USGS periodically analyzes volcanic gases and hot springs in the region.

Threat Potential: High

Looks like a volcano to me...

They are just baby volcanoes, so nothing to worry about.