Space

  • stickman101
    26th Apr 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    dude I said at the center of the earth so.... the heat can't reach 6000 miles up on the ground then into the atmosphere!
  • Sylvi
    26th Apr 2011 Moderator 0 Permalink
    Nuclear reactors do nothing to global warming. Simply just steam. Global warming is something entirely different, think of a green house. The pollution has cause the rays to be trapped, thus staying in warming the Earth. It only stays in the atmosphere for a small amount of time.
    @stickman101 (View Post)
    Mostly heat is made through the plutonium and decaying radioactive elements. It might work, but only for a slight amount of time. Once the elements fully decay, there's nothing else to be done.
  • stickman101
    26th Apr 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    then get a lot of radioactive elements (at least 100 lbs) and shove them into the center and wait...if it's fully decayed, we add another batch in!
  • Sylvi
    26th Apr 2011 Moderator 0 Permalink
    @stickman101 (View Post)
    I mean, we can;t keep shoving elements in the center. We'll eventually run out on Earth. It would require a massive amount still. Space is not an option for these elements because it's too expensive to mine the heavy metals and ship them back. then drilling down is even tougher. The most we've drilled down is 5 miles. Haven't broken the crust, and then it would take a ton more time getting to the center and no material would survive the crushing pressure.
  • TheWiseEyes
    26th Apr 2011 Banned 0 Permalink
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  • Dwotci
    26th Apr 2011 Member 0 Permalink

    Lockheedmartin:

    The most we've drilled down is 5 miles.


    7 miles actually. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakhalin-I#World_record_wells
    It's still not that much, to say the least of it.
  • shroom207
    26th Apr 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    How many miles do you have 2 dig down 2 reach the center of the earth anyways? (You would instantly burn 2 death but just a question)
  • The-Con
    26th Apr 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @shroom207 (View Post)
    You wouldn't burn to death unless you were the drill
    And the crust (On the continents, not the ocean) ranges between 30 to 70 km thick
    In the ocean, 6 to 11 km thick.
  • shroom207
    26th Apr 2011 Member 0 Permalink
  • stickman101
    26th Apr 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    so we do on the ocean? since it's not thick. we need diamond, insulator, and pump to do it! (if it was in powder toy!!)