| Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2002 : 22 January 2002 |
A volcanic eruption is an ecological catastrophe, and a touch of climate cooling can't make up for that. Oh yeah, and sometimes it destroys cities, too. What solution do you think will be implemented first?
A. We'll convert volcanoes to geothermal power plants, sucking
away all their heat so they can't erupt.
B. That won't work. We'll send the hot lava through turbines
to generate electricity, and use the electricity to run giant
air conditioners--with filters to catch the dust and poison gas.
C. Too complicated! We'll capture the hot volcanic gasses
in great balloons. When each balloon is full, we'll release it
to float down the jet stream until it cools and lands at a chemical
plant for processing. Wanna ride?
D. If the volcano's going to trash the territory anyway,
why not put the wasteland to a good use, like mall parking?
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