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2.5 Mile Deep Hole Drilled Into San Andreas Fault

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the heart-of-the-matter dept.

iandoh writes "Cool research: Geologists at Stanford University and the US Geological Survey have drilled a 2.5 mile deep borehole into the San Andreas fault. They've extracted over one ton of rock from 2 miles down, and they'll be installing sensors down the length of the borehole."

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  1. Lex Luthor is Pleased by hedgemage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, sure, just do his work for him. Why not install some nuclear warheads down there while you're at it.

    1. Re:Lex Luthor is Pleased by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wasn't it Christopher Walken? And wasn't it TNT?

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    2. Re:Lex Luthor is Pleased by SpectreBlofeld · · Score: 4, Funny

      Time to start investing in midwestern property - it'll soon be prime beachfront real estate!

    3. Re:Lex Luthor is Pleased by Spacejock · · Score: 5, Funny

      No no. Drill a bunch more holes, just like the tear-off line on toilet paper, and California will be safe forever.

      After all, did you ever see toilet paper actually rip along the holes?

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    4. Re:Lex Luthor is Pleased by Zaatxe · · Score: 3, Funny

      [...] but given that the area in question is up to a mile above sea-level, [...]

      Have you fogotten that global warming will rise the level of the oceans?

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  2. Don't let them fool you! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's probably the CIA trying to recover a lost Soviet rock diver.

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  3. faulty logic. by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They've extracted over one ton of rock from 2 miles down, and they'll be installing sensors down the length of the borehole.

    I wouldn't want to be the guy who's in charge of monitoring sensory data from something called "the bore hole". that sounds like a really tedious job.

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  4. About time by Xeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel our economy will be well served by the extra 6 energy.

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  5. Re:talc as a lubricant by dustwun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does a reply to this involving 'Lubing the bore hole" get modded as funny, or troll?.. you be the judge....

  6. Re:And soon, they'll have... by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't keep the earthquake inducing villains straight. There are gay earthquake inducing villains? Who knew?
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  7. Re:Only 2.5 miles? by doktorjayd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Modern oil wells are drilled as deep as 6 miles or more now.

    heh,

    and modern measures are in metric.

  8. Brilliant by Whiteox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Idiots!
    What a dumb move.
    Geophysicist Nerd 1: "Hey let's drill a hole 2.5 miles into a known fault!"
    Geophysicist Nerd 2: "OK! Let's do it."
    drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill
    Nerd 2: "Now what?"
    Nerd 1: "Ummm... How about we put some sensors down there?"
    Nerd 2: "Hey! Why not!!!"
    Nerd 1: "Errmmm... Shit! We've only got 1000ft of wire!"
    Nerd 2: "Damn!"
    .
    .
    "Hey! What's that really hot red stuff bubbling out of the hole?"

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