[de.rm]

I know they have to go off, that's what they do, but wouldn't it be nice to tap into that geotherm energy and make electricity bigtime to help stall and minimize the more dangerous ones.

Sure it would be expensive & dangerous, but we already do that with nukes so have at it, There's more energy there anyway.

[brivette]

while you are tecnically correct, nuclear energy is far easier to control.

[brivette]

while you are tecnically correct, nuclear energy is far easier to control.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Must have something to do with underground magma passages, that ‘Jokull goes off followed by Katla when there’s a surge of that stuff.

If the energy in that magma could be tapped, it would be awesome. It would light up Iceland without even trying. We’re talking tides of molten rock here, and scarcely anything is known to man that would withstand it. Some very refractory ceramics and tungsten, and that’s about it. If for production of work (e.g. electricity) there would need to be a heat sink to dump waste heat to, out of thermodynamic necessity. Perhaps to the ocean, but the global warmists would have a kitten.