Scientists Unveil Radical Plan to Drill Into a Volcano For Near-Unlimited Energy

Science Alert ^ | 12 January 2024 | DAVID NIELD

[Beowulf9]

What could possibly go wrong?

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

What could possibly go wrong???

Someone please post an image of the movie “The Core”

[Magnum44]

[Red Badger]

That was the stupidest movie ever put on film.................

[Sequoyah101]

Why? Why drill into molten anything? If you do you won't stay there long and you can't complete it. All you have to do is get close enough to boil water and pump it down then get steam back.

Back in the dark ages Lone Star Gas drilled a well called the Bertha Rogers in Oklahoma. It ended when they drilled into what they think was molten sulfur in the Arbuckle formation. Thankfully the sulfur solidified when it tried to blow out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Rogers

It was a Loffland Brothers rig. An old friend of mine was tool pusher. Really gutsy for a company like Lone Star to drill such a well. I was in awe. El Paso Natural gas and Tenneco were also adventurous back in those days as was GHK. Only made it to just shy of 29,000 feet vertical depth myself well into the Arbuckle. That came to an end with a nasty H2S kick. The powers that be decided we had gone far enough.

[Sequoyah101]

Oh look! A little satellite!

[Red Badger]

I bet it stunk to high heaven!...............

[Reeses]

a near-unlimited source of clean energy

Using nuclear energy, incidental or man-made, to release large amounts of waste heat and greenhouse water vapor into the atmosphere is going to change the climate. Before we ramp up any kind of energy use, we need to know how to cheaply radiate most unwanted waste heat out to space. Oh, and how to exterminate Demonrat civilization-haters faster than they reproduce.

[Drago]

Sounds like the plan for “Bitcoin City” in El Salvador (volcano powered).

[Oscar in Batangas]

We have to drill it to find out what’s in it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Then they will say geothermal energy causes global cooling.

[Lazamataz]

Let’s do this at Yellowstone!

[jonrick46]

We are also just around the corner at producing nuclear fusion. Whether it’s through lasers or magnetism, a solution is near.

[Jyotishi]

Why do I feel a mix of laughter and tears after reading this news article?

[Fresh Wind]

What could possibly go wrong?

Ask the residents of Herculaneum, they might know...

[Getready]

Plus them volcanic gases gots lots of toxicity in them. Hydrogen sulfide is one of them and gives a rotten egg odor. Messes up oxidative phosphorylation (like cyanide) and has lots of other nasty effects.

[Bulwyf]

Lot of Texans and other drillers come up here to train (Grande Prairie area) and it’s interesting to see the differences. That, or we’re just plain crazy. That’s also a real possibility.

[Bulwyf]

Hey! That Caldera extends almost up to Edmonton! You leave Alberta alone! Just in case, I’m going to warn all the ladies heh.

[Qwapisking]

“we have to drill it to find out what’s in it”. that’s how Dr. pimplepopper does it. might be interesting to see what comes out.