Deepest Hole in the Whole World

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I’m reading over at National Geographic[1] that scientists want to drill a hole into the earth’s mantle. First, scientists won’t really be drilling, they will just be examining the cruft that’s brought up from the digging process. You didn’t see scientists drilling holes in comets in that movie[2], did you?

Anyway, after the hole in the ocean is dug, and all the mantle rock is pulled and examined, scientists will want to drill another hole in the ocean. They let that first hole fill up with water, and sea-level will drop a bit. Sure, it won’t make a large difference, but it will keep Al Gore’s beach front mansion[3] just a little bit safer from the rising sea-level from global warming climate change.

Drill, baby Drill!

[1] http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110323-earth-mantle-drill-sample-first-science-nature-teagle/

[2] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/

[3] http://www.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/05/how-green-is-al-gores-9-million-montecito-ocean-front-villa/1

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