There seems to be a common interest here with yellowstone in the USA. It may now be a matter of some urgency to develop drilling techniques that would allow hot magma to be released in a controllable fashion. The rewards in terms of geothermal energy and products moulded from the cooling magma may be great, and the security benefit from avoiding catastrophic eruption immense.
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