The deep rocks have been (inadvertently) cooled down before. Geothermal power plants regularly go useless after a few decades of operation. We actually can cool down Earth’s interior using the cold space around our planet.
It’s quite clear that we can cool down deep rocks. The problem is that the pressure relations inside the deep rocks change and this can lead to earthquakes and there’s some chance that it will trigger the eruption.
It’s important to have a good model of what will happen before starting the procedure.
The deep rocks have been (inadvertently) cooled down before. Geothermal power plants regularly go useless after a few decades of operation. We actually can cool down Earth’s interior using the cold space around our planet.
It’s quite clear that we can cool down deep rocks. The problem is that the pressure relations inside the deep rocks change and this can lead to earthquakes and there’s some chance that it will trigger the eruption.
It’s important to have a good model of what will happen before starting the procedure.