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09-13-2024 , 05:45 PM
If an eruption at the Yellowstone Supervolcano would seriously damage the U.S., not to mention the world, wouldn't it be wise to look at ways to minimize the risk?
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Today , 01:11 AM
My thought was to use geothermal power to draw heat from the magma plume so that when an eruption occurs, it is far less powerful. Some fairly small geothermal plants could be automated and (more, or less) easy to concele and could be distributed around the magma chamber.
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Today , 10:05 AM
there is archeological evidence indicating that the last time the Yellowstone caldera erupted it killed animals as far away as Kansas. The best way to minimize the risk is don't be there. Anything within a few hundred miles is going to be so screwed that light from screwed will take a year to reach them.
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Today , 05:49 PM
Excluding significant global damage, more than a third of North America would be damaged by an eruption, effectively crippling the U.S. and probably Canada. Because a volcanic eruption has multiple elements, primarily heat and pressure, current and foreseeable tech could not stop it. However, that doesn't mean the severity of the eruption can't be minimized by removing some of the heat.
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