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originally posted by: FraternitasSaturni
you cant "mitigate" yellowstone. lol... period.
Like... you cant "mitigate" a .45 point blank shot to the face. Or a fart after cheetos and mcdonalds. You just cant. Its impossible.
originally posted by: ipsedixit
originally posted by: FraternitasSaturni
you cant "mitigate" yellowstone. lol... period.
Like... you cant "mitigate" a .45 point blank shot to the face. Or a fart after cheetos and mcdonalds. You just cant. Its impossible.
It depends on the era you are living in. I agree, in our time it is impossible, but this idea is an attempt to mitigate, down the road. Heavier than air flight was thought to be impossible also, at one time. I think this idea should be studied now, before we are faced with the event.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: ipsedixit
The trouble with dumping seawater into a volcano, is that the sudden impact of cool water and hot lava, would probably cause a very loud bang, and destabilize whatever mechanism was keeping the bulk of the eruption from taking place.
Furthermore, to counter the particulate problem, one would need much more water than could reasonably be piped, shipped, or flown in.
It may be hubris to believe as I do, but it is my estimation that for the first time in history, mankind as a species could actually survive such an event with some aplomb, when compared to the helplessness with which it has had to respond to such events before. The only thing that will prevent our species from coming through this oncoming event, is its pettiness. If we can lay that aside, we have all the tools required to conquer the dangers posed by particulate induced global cooling.
originally posted by: Maxatoria
I'd assume that the biggest problem will be guessing how big the explosion will be
and the shear amount of water required to be moved per hour would be mammoth and while the US may have the nuke power to shift that much water can it be done to lets say shift 5-10 million gallons of water per hour for lets say 6 months without causing lord knows what other sorts of problems
originally posted by: FraternitasSaturni
you cant "mitigate" yellowstone. lol... period.
Like... you cant "mitigate" a .45 point blank shot to the face. Or a fart after cheetos and mcdonalds. You just cant. Its impossible.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: ipsedixit
Remember, the Yellowstone caldera does not just pose a risk to the atmosphere, but will, if various reports on its size and potential are to be believed, explode with the power of several thermonuclear devices, under the right circumstances. We do not know enough about the internal workings of this particular caldera, nor any particular caldera for that matter, to try to alter its characteristics via cool water, without risking making things worse, or making something which might not happen for another decade or three (giving us time to make better preparations), happen much faster than it might otherwise have done.
I would agree that further research is needed into such matters, but from what I understand of the situation at the moment, we certainly do not know enough to even suggest a root level mitigation for the explosive potential involved, let alone go tinkering with the thing to save the atmosphere.