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I see a new movie is about to be made. There are already engineering plans to relieve the eruption. NASA has commented that a Super Volcano are a bigger threat
by baldfat 9y ago
I see a new movie is about to be made.
There are already engineering plans to relieve the eruption. NASA has commented that a Super Volcano are a bigger threat than asteroids.
> But if more of the heat could be extracted, then the supervolcano would never erupt. Nasa estimates that if a 35% increase in heat transfer could be achieved from its magma chamber, Yellowstone would no longer pose a threat. The only question is how?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170817-nasas-ambitious-plan-to-save-earth-from-a-supervolcano http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170817-nasas-ambitious-pla...
- nine_k 9y agoSo, some drilling and pumping water through the drilled area would help? Putting a power plant on top would be an almost-free bonus.
- Harvey-Specter 9y agoYeah, that's NASA's suggestion in the article.
- baldfat 9y agoThe issue is next to nothing or no one lives within hundreds of miles of Yellowstone. Almost 90% of Wyoming and Montana has less than 1 person per mile density. Its beautiful but how do you deliver that energy? http://maps.unomaha.edu/peterson/geog1000/maplinks/namerica/gallery.html http://maps.unomaha.edu/peterson/geog1000/maplinks/namerica/...
- SmirkingRevenge 9y agoThat would be awesome. Even if we could somehow prevent loss of life and manage the fallout of a Yellowstone eruption, there would still be one really tragic casualty - Yellowstone itself. Maybe it would be replaced by something even better... eventually. But if it can be saved from super volcanic death, that seems like a really awesome thing. Of course, then one has to wonder if that sort of interference in major geological processes will have some other bad side-effects in the future.
- ballenf 9y agoIt is a great irony of life that such incredible beauty is the result of an event that nearly wiped out all life on earth (and threatens to do so again and again). Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of a trip there. I don't remember much else about the trip but can still picture the amazing kaleidoscope of color and recall the smell of sulfur.
- rbanffy 9y ago> Maybe it would be replaced by something even better Endless free energy? I guess you could transfer enough energy out from the borders of the chamber without affecting the rest of the place too much.
- rbanffy 9y agoIf it's SyFy making it, it'll also be a horrible movie.
- bitwize 9y agoI can't wait to see the obvious-CG-with-Voodoo2-era-textures eruption!