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The linked article doesn't say anything about messing with the geysers. As far as I can see, it's talking about drilling separate shafts down into the Earth an
by davesque 9y ago
The linked article doesn't say anything about messing with the geysers. As far as I can see, it's talking about drilling separate shafts down into the Earth and harvesting heat energy via pumped water.
> Why we as humans seem to think that life can't possibly continue without us has always boggled my mind.
I'm not sure what you're getting at with this comment. Care to clarify? If you're suggesting that any attempts to prevent an eruption would be too disruptive to the ecosystem, imagine how disruptive 8 ft. of volcanic ash would be if it were to blanket most of the western United States. That's not even mentioning the millions of tons that would end up in the atmosphere for years, blocking out the sun, and killing off a substantial amount of plant and animal life world wide.
- takk309 9y agoLife will go on if the volcano erupts. It may not be human life, but it will still be life. The Yellowstone volcano is just another bogeyman that is not worth stressing over. It will happen or it won't and realistically there is nothing we can do about it.
- awakeasleep 9y agoWhat I don't understand.. the continuation of non-human life is an asterisk that is of no importance to us, right?
- ericd 9y agoI happen to prefer that our species not go extinct. We spend a lot of effort on much less important things, we can afford to spend some here.
- tonysdg 9y agoWe spend a lot of effort on much less important things <-- someone (not me, but someone) might argue that's exactly why our species should go extinct ;-)
- ss248 9y agoFollowing that logic, every single species on Earth should go extinct. As bad as we are, we are still the best. Simply because we have the most advanced brain.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoSo it turns out there is something we can do about it, and someone wrote an article about that. It's pretty cool, you should read it.