Comments on: Geothermal Plant in Hawaii Accidentally Strikes Liquid Hot Magma http://forcechange.com/2009/01/06/geothermal-plant-in-hawaii-accidentally-strikes-liquid-hot-magma/ Environmental news, policy and analysis. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:01:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Steven James http://forcechange.com/2009/01/06/geothermal-plant-in-hawaii-accidentally-strikes-liquid-hot-magma/comment-page-1/#comment-4597 Steven James Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:56:11 +0000 http://forcechange.com/?p=1401#comment-4597 I clicked through to the research you linked above and saw this: "The drill bit, when recovered at the surface, was missing several carbide insert teeth. Presumably the inserts were plucked cleanly from their sintered cone sockets due to differential thermal expansion under extreme heat conditions." Whoa. I clicked through to the research you linked above and saw this:

“The drill bit, when recovered at the surface, was missing several carbide insert teeth. Presumably the inserts were plucked cleanly from their sintered cone sockets due to differential thermal expansion under extreme heat conditions.”

Whoa.

]]> By: MoronObserver http://forcechange.com/2009/01/06/geothermal-plant-in-hawaii-accidentally-strikes-liquid-hot-magma/comment-page-1/#comment-4571 MoronObserver Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:21:12 +0000 http://forcechange.com/?p=1401#comment-4571 I was hoping to hear about a geyser of magma that exploded upwards like a strike at an old-fashioned oil derrick. Ideally this would have resulted in a new volcano that erupted out of control, killing everything for miles around. Alas, we get 40 feet of upwelling. I was hoping to hear about a geyser of magma that exploded upwards like a strike at an old-fashioned oil derrick. Ideally this would have resulted in a new volcano that erupted out of control, killing everything for miles around. Alas, we get 40 feet of upwelling.

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