Is there a downside to using volcanoes as an energy source?

>>8539718
The locals don't let you do it because of "muh property/life"

>>8539718
Yes, because a pound of lava weighs twice as much when it cools.

Conditions are pretty extreme, and tools often break down because of that. Also, there's issues in finding magma wells, and in the danger that comes with it; it's possible to drill into a high pressure steam zone and can cause even more problems.

Sources:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/02/could-volcanoes-power-world
http://www.businessinsider.com/hawaii-volcanoes-first-100-percent-renewable-energy-state-us-2015-7

>>8539822
which* can cause even more problems

>>8539718
>no guarantee of eruption
>uncontrollable lava glow
>fumes
>unconstrained heat

Plus, geothermal energy is already a thing, just not in literal hell.

You'll anger the lava gods

>>8539724
Brainlet detected

>>8539954
none of those are actual down sides if you pick the right volcano.

go be a retard somewhere else.