Could the fire in the Darvaza crater be used to heat water to spin turbines to generate electricity?

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Da[Darvaza Crater ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater)

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It very well could, however, there is the problem of any geothermal plant collapsing into a sinkhole. That’s what happened with the original drilling rig the Soviets used.