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TheFriar ,

MUAHAHAHAHA!

xia ,

I wonder if it will make the volcano more stable.

Tristaniopsis ,

Isn’t this when the lava demon things jump out and cause some ruckus?

jpreston2005 ,

I kind of thought that this is what Geothermal energy was… Or will this be Geothermal energy on steroids?

Halcyon ,
@Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

With standard near-surface geothermal energy, boreholes up to 200 meters are drilled. The heat difference from that depth is only around 10-15°C, but that’s enough to collect the energy to heat buildings.

So yes, drilling into lava areas will spice up things.

wahming ,

Iceland has geothermal power plants going down 2.5km and with temperatures of ~250°C that produce electricity, not heat.

5too ,

One thing that surprised me in the article - I had no idea magma could be acidic!

Chetzemoka ,

This is not something I had ever thought about before and I am also fascinated.

Zink ,

Fun fact, when you touch acidic magma/lava, it does burn your skin!

zaart ,

Near-unlimited as in "renewable", right x) ?

Croquette ,

You can throw your trash in the lava to create more.

You get a bonus smokey flavor, and that is how stars are made.

wahming ,

Renewable in the sense of solar, by the time it runs out we’ll have bigger things to worry about

zaart ,

That's my point, unlimited in time, not as in "we can get as much as we want from it. Title is kinda click-bait

sunbeam60 ,

I think I’ll take “a real commercial plant” from Eavor rather than this, thank you.

ArmoredThirteen ,

Yo I’m doing the same thing in my Oxygen Not Included playthrough right now

Cocodapuf ,

Great game and amazing simulation! I fee likel I learned a lot about the difficulty of balancing thermal loads in a closed system.

werefreeatlast ,

I saw this move! They end up drilling to the core so they can place nuclear explosions to restart the core. Then they had to drill back going up. It was a good movie. Also. Everyone has always thought about doing this.

shortwavesurfer ,

Actually, I really did enjoy that movie as well. I believe it’s called The Core and came out in 2008 If I remember correctly.

Appoxo ,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Just looked it up. It’s 2003.

shortwavesurfer ,

Ah, thanks

werefreeatlast ,

LOL. It’s cheesy. LOL.

pineapplelover ,

These guys will do anything except using hydro, wind, solar, and nuclear energy

thanks_shakey_snake ,

Yeah what’s with the weird fixation on magma over there at the uh… checks notes Krafla Magma Testbed Organization?

sunbeam60 ,

There’s nothing wrong with thermal energy plants. They are real and with companies like Eavor making real commercial plants using closed-loops there’s a lot of stuff happening in the space right now.

wahming ,

You realise geothermal is included in the category of clean, green energy? And Iceland has been pioneering the field for ages?

pineapplelover ,

Yeah, I know geothermal is a renewable energy form but I can’t imagine drilling into magma would be a good option

stevedidWHAT ,
@stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world avatar

Eyeroll headline

otter ,

https://media.tenor.com/dn9TsELSZyUAAAAM/the-power-of-the-sun-in-the-palm-of-my-hand-doctor-octopus.gif

originalucifer ,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

i always thought the problem with this geothermal-delivered-to-surface was transmitting the power over long distances..

course, this article is really just about drilling into a magma chamber and the volcano not going boom

avidamoeba ,
@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

Spin a turbine, generate electricity, transmit via HVDC?

LordKitsuna ,

too effective, HVAC with large losses is the best I can offer

avidamoeba ,
@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

We did our best.

Mr_Smiley ,

I’d like to see some definitions or units put next to ‘ultra high’.

magikmw ,

Don’t worry, water boils, steam spins turbine.

AA5B ,

The article says they have one example of drilling into a magma chamber and it not going boom. I hope their optimism is justified, but this looks like the plot at the beginning of an apocalyptic movie

OpenStars ,
@OpenStars@startrek.website avatar

There is no possibility of this ever backfiring in the slightest way, like oh say awakening something sleeping deep in the earth’s crust. :-P

NegativeInf ,

Pluto?

averagedrunk ,

I’m less concerned about that and more concerned about supervillains building lairs.

jpreston2005 ,

we drilled too greedily, and too deep. You know what we awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum. Shadow and Flame.

OpenStars ,
@OpenStars@startrek.website avatar

To be fair, probably all they will find is melted rock and like… gas. But it’s fun to dream isn’t it?!:-D

Sanctus ,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

Garbage headline. Being able to study magma’s behavior in this way is extremely cool though. It is also not exactly the side of a volcano.

Hotdogman ,

Not cool, hot!

surewhynotlem ,

But being hot is now cool

SnotFlickerman ,

https://media3.giphy.com/media/znRstrOYuirrW/giphy.gif

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