Comment on Why has no one thought of this before?!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI always wondered if I could hypothetically make a volcano by drilling a deep enough hole.
Comment on Why has no one thought of this before?!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI always wondered if I could hypothetically make a volcano by drilling a deep enough hole.
hazeebabee@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
If you already know where a pressurized liquid magma pool is, maybe. Though if it’s not pressurized enough you might just get the release of some weird fumes and vapors. Or the lava might rise a little then settle back to a standard hight rather than errupting.
If you dont have a pool of lava to aim for about the earth mantle, then probably not :( By the time you get deep enough into the earth to hit magma, the hole would collapse due to pressure and pretty much any modern drill would be soft due to the heat.
Heres a discussion about this that happened else where on the interwebs.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Thanks! I really have wondered that for years.