"If heat could be bled off of the magma chambers, cooling and solidifying them, not only would that stop the volcano from erupting..."
Where does the confidence to make this claim come from?
I can imagine that the consequence of this might actually just be strengthening the "barrier" the magma has to erupt through, and when it finally builds up enough energy to do that, it'll be stronger in proportion to how strong the newly cooled down barrier had become? Unless the suggestion is that we could effectively bleed out ALL the heat from that system? Seems a bit unlikely imo lol
Still, geothermal sounds really cool and we should do more of it.
Where does the confidence to make this claim come from?
I can imagine that the consequence of this might actually just be strengthening the "barrier" the magma has to erupt through, and when it finally builds up enough energy to do that, it'll be stronger in proportion to how strong the newly cooled down barrier had become? Unless the suggestion is that we could effectively bleed out ALL the heat from that system? Seems a bit unlikely imo lol
Still, geothermal sounds really cool and we should do more of it.