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[-] mr_satan 21 points 1 year ago

Would concrete even hold. I mean lava is molten rock and cement is kind of a rock. So wouldn't the cement melt before pressure could build up?

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago

Most cements melt at a higher temperature than most lava gets to, so it would be solid chunks of cement getting blasted miles out when the pressure builds high enough to erupt

[-] FleetingTit@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

It probably wouldn't melt, but if you heat moist concrete it will spall ans crumble to bits before too long.

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

Yes. That's the joke.

[-] AlboTheGuy@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago

Even if the plug would hold the volcano would just split open another hole in the earth and erupt from there

[-] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

More job opportunities. Volcano hole filler would look great in my résumé.

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

And that would be a literal lava canon

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, there are many levels of stupid in this person’s proposal.

edit: “heavy metal rocks” would likely also meet the same fate.

[-] Droechai@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

A depleted uranium cap with a "whistle" pressure release might just be what's needed to solve the issue though

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