What is the deepest Hole Man can dig on Earth?

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  1. Robert

    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    This is a great video to explain the problems. So will you learn the deepest all time hole dug on Earth? The hole was to extract oil. What if it was here in America a major mine was dug? What if I told you i visited that hole as a youth? Pause it if you want at the copper mine in Utah. You won't ever see the mine in Utah unless you take a special side trip to see it. Worth the visit. It is not far from Salt Lake City.

    Well you won't lose much time so check it out.

     
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    I would say answering this question honestly: "Do I look fat in this?"
     
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    Russia dug a whole over 40,000 feet deep and had to stop because the rock was almost plastic and the bits melted.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I believe you mean hole. I have long pondered what impact on climate does hot parts of earth have. It was amazing in the video what temperatures are as you go deeper.
     
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    I think CNN has the record.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Kennecott Copper Mine around Bingham Utah

    People, down on those ledges are enormous trucks. Can you see them?

    My grandmother worked for Kennecott. She lived and worked at the Mess House at Magna, Utah. The adults, my parents and her, never gave me the entire story but she was paid to live in this very large home with a super commercial kitchen and large dining room to cook and serve meals to the company management. Also workers came by in the mornings to pick up excellent prepared brown bag lunches. The highlight of my youth was Grandma's meals.

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    Ayup..dis the W. The internals of our planet are not impacted nor do they impact our atmosphere beyond volcanism....just dig a hole in your yard and feel the temperate a foot down for your answer.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    That is what I was talking about, volcanos plus places that are hot but are not erupting magma. Such as at Yellowstone Park. Collectively i doubt they have studied the impact of the natural heat from Earth as to climate.
     
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    https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=2934

    It is constantly studied and monitored.
     
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    Robert tells a good story about Bingham and the mine. I know Magna well. It was an old company town that grew from Garland up on the hill. The old foundations have been removed but the cemetery remains.

    My dad grew up in White Pine County in Old Ruth mining company town, over the state line in Nevada, and made his money as a young teen delivering magazines and newspapers to the miners and families and businesses. His dad and grand dad were master machinists on the Northern Nevada.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Can you see the Bingham Copper Mine from space?
    Kennecott Copper Mine – Southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States, lies an incredibly large hole that can be seen from space – the Kennecott Copper Mine. Known as the world's largest manmade excavation, it is more than half a mile deep and 2.5 miles wide, and covers a space of roughly 1,900 acres.
    Can Man-Made Objects Be Seen From Space? » Science ABC

    https://www.scienceabc.com/.../can-man-made-objects-seen-from-space-great-wall-china...
     
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    Yes.
    Deepest diamond mines get hot too.

    Should we worry about the effects on future generations :eekeyes:
    of venting core heat and not conserving Earth's precious and limited warmth?


    Moi :oldman:


    :nana: :flagcanada:
     
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    I was going to say "telling her she burnt the steak". I like yours better
     
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    Of course they have. The earth's internal heat budget is one of the foundations of climate science (amongst others).


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    Thanks for whatever that map is from an unnamed source.
     
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    Oh sorry, just google "earth internal heat budget".

    or you can find it here.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth's_internal_heat_budget


    here's another graphic that explains the process of heat transfer to the surface.

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    @Jonsa

    Exactly!
    That's why we should stop continental drift and
    support static Earth.
    More conservation of species, less evolution. :rant:
    Who needs evolution when every niche is occupied. ;)
    Anti Evolutionist should support Conservation.
     

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