Another "what could go wrong?" idea

 

Certainly, there are bad ideas in science. Things blow up in the laboratory, deadly viruses escape (no, not really), climbing a volcano when it's active, fertilizing the ocean with iron filings ... it's a long list.

How about drilling into an active magma chamber (i.e., one that's filled with molten magma).

Journey to the centre of the Earth: Scientists reveal ambitious plans to drill a tunnel into a volcano's magma chamber - and claim it could unleash UNLIMITED energy

"Despite magma's extreme heat – between up to 2,372°F (1,300°C) – experts insist it's safe and won't trigger another disastrous volcanic eruption in the country.

'It's the first journey to the centre of the Earth,' said project manager Björn Þór Guðmundsson."

No, despite Iceland's recent eruption on the boundaries of Grindavik, Iceland is proposing to open a conduit right down into the depths of Hell.  Or something close to that.

Not only that, they're going to do it on top of Krafla -- one of Iceland's more active, which is a bit tardy in producing its next eruption.

Well, OK, there's already a geothermal plant there. Presumably not near the likely places for Krafla's next performance.

For more on that: Krafla eruption, 1975-1984

Here's a scene from that sequence, Snagaborgir craters during the eruption of July 1980.

Yes, everything is perfectly fine.  Nothing to see here.