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by _Microft 1733 days ago
Did you mean responsibly instead?

A sibling comment posted a link on this and I just submitted a similar article myself. The twist seems to be to extract the heat/energy from the side or from below the magma chamber to not destabilize the ceiling of the chamber. That's because rock becomes more brittle when cooling down. Triggering a supervolcano eruption instead of preventing it would be a very unfortunate outcome ;)

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You answered my question, thank you! I meant irresponsibly. I assumed these are super safe considering a ton of farms have access wells to hot water in Iceland.