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skeptical_lurker comments on Crazy Ideas Thread, Aug. 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: polymathwannabe 11 August 2015 01:24PM

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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 11 August 2015 06:51:55PM *  3 points [-]

Use clean (mostly fusion) nuclear weapons to blast a channel through the landscape.

Comment author: James_Miller 11 August 2015 06:54:03PM 3 points [-]

Could we do this to dig holes for geothermal power?

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 11 August 2015 07:17:55PM 1 point [-]

Apparently this possibility has been considered, but never got off the drawing board.