Just because they can doesn’t mean they should. They thought the BP leak was hard to stop....
I think that's everyone's first thought. Can you imagine an uncontrolled, runaway geyser coming straight out of the earth's core? Armageddon. Doomsday.
Personally, I don't believe that our current technology is capable of containing the sort of pressure and heat that such a bore hole would release.
Bad idea, in my estimation.
http://www.5min.com/Video/Mud-Volcano-in-Sidoarjo-Indonesia-516997856
Mud Volcano in Sidoarjo, Indonesia
“After all, what could possibly go wrong?”