Chandler nodded. "And pump it into the air to raise the mean temperature in the glacial areas."
"That will cause some unusual weather aberrations," mused Kotenko.
"Nothing that the weather control boys can't handle."
"Are you sure," said Kotenko, drawing on his cigar, "that the core of the Earth is made of molten metal?"
"I've been working on that assumption."
"There are those who feel it might consist of compacted hydrogen atoms."
"Would it make much difference as long as we can use the heat?" Marta asked.
"If we are not careful in tapping such a core—" Kotenko paused for a moment, considering the consequences—"we could turn the Solar System into a binary system."
"I doubt that," Chandler said. "Besides, I don't plan to set off an X-bomb in the core."
"The immediate problem," said Kotenko, "is to drill such a hole."