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“They’re drilling to the core of the Earth”: China starts a 32,800-foot drill into unexplored layers.
(farmingdale-observer.com)
they're digging a hole to america
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Believe it or not but the core is deeper than 10 kilometers
Not even going to be as deep as the Kola Superdeep. Disappointed.
Aw. That's kinda sad. Just a few months ago i was saying how it's crazy that Kola is still the deepest we ever got, so i was excited when i read the title. I thought let's go, finally a deeper hole. But then i saw it's in burger units not meters...
Then again, Kola was also not initially planned to be as deep as it ended up being. So there is still a chance once the project gets underway that they will just keep going to see how far they can get. 32k to 40k is not insignificant but it might be doable.
For comparison, the longest (non-vertical) drilled holes (oil wells) max out at 50k feet. 9 out of the 10 longest were made by Russia off the coast of Sakhalin. Drilling deep into the crust poses different challenges of course but maybe there's tech that's cross-applicable.
for a minute I was worried this drilling might break the seal on hell and unleash the vilest demons on Earth
then I remembered they're already in the IOF
This is highly offensive comrade. Demons are far kinder than the IOF.
seriously.... they'll play chess and honor bets and shit
Indeed, the devil graciously gave Johnny a golden fiddle when he lost, he didn't massacre Johnny's family to hide his shame at losing.
Drilling does do that sometimes but you can just nuke the hellfire away
Throw all the plastic down there
Pressure cook it back into oil, rinse and repeat.
Bit idea, feed this to Trump via an ad during rerun of Escape from Alcatraz on PBS the next time he's having an Alzheimer's related fit.
Just swap out his diet coke on the sly, no way he notices.
Drums... drums in the deep
Just some dudes digging a hole, you love to see it.
The human urge to burrow
Kola will still be deeper
Always had a mild fascination with super deep drilling. Absolutely wild that we know so much about what's going under the crust, despite the deepest holes going only like 1/2 the way through.
seeks potential hydrocarbon reserves
Equipment must withstand temperatures reaching 200 degrees Celsius and atmospheric pressure 1,300 times greater than at Earth’s surface
I do hope they find something cool like Mexico's gigantic crystal caves or more own the west rare earths. Maybe they get some cool new tech out of it.
Utter madmen.
At 200C, hydraulic oil will fry all of the seals that keep it contained. The cooling, the transfer of material back to the surface, the logistics... So cool. I hope they find the surprises they're looking for.
This is how we bring back the dinosaurs.
Jamie, pull up Cannonball by Liu CiXin
It was made VERY clear, that the mining would destabilize the entire planet.