Should we tap into the earth's mantle?

If you speak of developing geothermal power / hot water capabilities, we should be vigorously exploring that right now. We have done a lot of development into the “passive” renewables energy production, such as wind mills, solar power, and so on, but geothermal energy production takes it to a whole new level. read more

If we had geothermal plants that tapped into the mantle, the cost might be something like a million dollars per kilowatt hour. 28 Views Mathijs Booden, PhD in earth science. read more

Since the 1960s, researchers have attempted to drill into Earth's mantle but have not yet met with success. Some efforts failed due to technical problems; others have fallen prey to various sorts of bad luck—including, as discovered after the fact, picking inopportune spots to drill. read more

We've tried in the past but haven't gotten far. If the earth was an orange, we'd have barely zested it. read more