Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Iceland To Drill Hole Into Volcano

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tapping-the-earth-for-energy dept.

G3ckoG33k writes "BBC reports that Iceland will drill a hole into a volcano so it can tap heat from it, which eventually is hoped to produce commercially available energy. From the article: "Twenty years ago, geologist Gudmundur Omar Friedleifsson had a surprise when he lowered a thermometer down a borehole. 'We melted the thermometer,' he recalls. 'It was set for 380C; but it just melted.'". Excuse me, Gudmundur, but how could that ever have been a 'surprise'..."

1 of 275 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Geothermal power is really important by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dear G Cranston:

    Nobody gives a fuck what you have to say.

    Your big fat opinion is worth nothing.

    Seat down and shut up.

    With Warmest Regards,
    Purina Dog Chow