• Mr. Satan@monyet.cc
    17·
    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
      302·
      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
        6·
        1 year ago

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

    • ThePuy@feddit.nl
      3·
      1 year ago

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

    • mateomaui@reddthat.comOPEnglish
      3·
      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.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

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