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I still think the US should figure out how to do this responsibly with the Yellowstone supervolcano.

the-dude 5y ago
I don't understand all the poohaa about the climate change. When it gets too bad, well just nuke some volcanos, have a couple of decades of 'winter' and Bob's your uncle.
- nix23 5y ago
  Yes and even more CO2 in the Atmosphere and additionally dying plant-live. Great way to make earth like venus...what a great idea.
  - rbanffy 5y ago
    Funny thing... Venusians had the same idea.
    - nix23 5y ago
      Or they sucked up the martians atmosphere like in spaceballs and later found out that's a bit too much "atmosphere" ;)
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- CyanBird 5y ago
  It was a would be funny, but volcanes induce acid rain besides many other issues
codingdave 5y ago
I knew I had read that idea before -- I think this is the article I was thinking of: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/news-yellowstone-supervolcano-geothermal-energy-debate-iceland-hawaii https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/news-yell...
- pstuart 5y ago
  There are valid concerns about impacts from such a project but they are all surmountable.
jefflombardjr 5y ago
Is there a way to access the heat potential irresponsibly? Clarification: I mean of course if you create a volcano in the wrong spot that would be bad, but like if you're drilling for thermally heated ground water can stuff go wrong?
- rbanffy 5y ago
  Just exclude any current company in the energy sector.
- _Microft 5y ago
  Did you mean responsibly instead? A sibling comment posted a link on this and I just submitted a similar article myself. The twist seems to be to extract the heat/energy from the side or from below the magma chamber to not destabilize the ceiling of the chamber. That's because rock becomes more brittle when cooling down. Triggering a supervolcano eruption instead of preventing it would be a very unfortunate outcome ;)
  - jefflombardjr 5y ago
    You answered my question, thank you! I meant irresponsibly. I assumed these are super safe considering a ton of farms have access wells to hot water in Iceland.
- pstuart 5y ago
  I'm guessing you mean responsibly, as we all know the answer otherwise. I'm just an internet rando, but I think that if they could identify spots that were remote enough to not impact the park features, and to design it from the start to address all other concerns (like handling waste water etc), disrupting nature, it could be done. A brief moment of optimism from someone pessimistic about the future.
- omnibrain 5y ago
  In the german town of Staufen im Breisgau the City Center has risen about 12cm since a drilling operation in 2007, which led to many cracks in buildings. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staufen_im_Breisgau https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staufen_im_Breisgau

I don't understand all the poohaa about the climate change. When it gets too bad, well just nuke some volcanos, have a couple of decades of 'winter' and Bob's your uncle.

nix23 5y ago
Yes and even more CO2 in the Atmosphere and additionally dying plant-live. Great way to make earth like venus...what a great idea.
- rbanffy 5y ago
  Funny thing... Venusians had the same idea.
  - nix23 5y ago
    Or they sucked up the martians atmosphere like in spaceballs and later found out that's a bit too much "atmosphere" ;)
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CyanBird 5y ago
It was a would be funny, but volcanes induce acid rain besides many other issues

codingdave 5y ago

I knew I had read that idea before -- I think this is the article I was thinking of: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/news-yellowstone-supervolcano-geothermal-energy-debate-iceland-hawaii https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/news-yell...

pstuart 5y ago
There are valid concerns about impacts from such a project but they are all surmountable.

jefflombardjr 5y ago

Is there a way to access the heat potential irresponsibly? Clarification: I mean of course if you create a volcano in the wrong spot that would be bad, but like if you're drilling for thermally heated ground water can stuff go wrong?

rbanffy 5y ago
Just exclude any current company in the energy sector.
_Microft 5y ago
Did you mean responsibly instead? A sibling comment posted a link on this and I just submitted a similar article myself. The twist seems to be to extract the heat/energy from the side or from below the magma chamber to not destabilize the ceiling of the chamber. That's because rock becomes more brittle when cooling down. Triggering a supervolcano eruption instead of preventing it would be a very unfortunate outcome ;)
- jefflombardjr 5y ago
  You answered my question, thank you! I meant irresponsibly. I assumed these are super safe considering a ton of farms have access wells to hot water in Iceland.
pstuart 5y ago
I'm guessing you mean responsibly, as we all know the answer otherwise. I'm just an internet rando, but I think that if they could identify spots that were remote enough to not impact the park features, and to design it from the start to address all other concerns (like handling waste water etc), disrupting nature, it could be done. A brief moment of optimism from someone pessimistic about the future.
omnibrain 5y ago
In the german town of Staufen im Breisgau the City Center has risen about 12cm since a drilling operation in 2007, which led to many cracks in buildings. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staufen_im_Breisgau https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staufen_im_Breisgau