Talk:Flame jet drill

would it be possible that if this technology became widespread and was used for hydrothermal technology as it showed in that programme it could lead to a cooling of the earth core? i don't know but it is an interesting thoughtt. Could this in turn lead to a change in the frequency and or magnitude of earthquakes?

Reply: I can not comment on the correlation between Geothermal Drilling and Earthquake or ground instability. What I can say is that even if you managed to somehow fill ever square inch of land (about 30% of the worlds surface) with geothermal plants, you would make little to no effect on the core temperature of the earth. People do not realise how small we are. We only live on the surface, the crust of the earth. All the resources we are depleting are "surface resources". Only the surface. Excluding the surface, the majority of the earth can not be affected by anything we do. I'm willing to bet even with a worldwide nuclear holocaust, those deep sea tube-worms would still be around. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsg24 (talk • contribs) 14:28, 17 November 2009 (UTC)