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 | | From: | Danny at Chrastina dot net | | Subject: | Re: Nanotechnology and earthquakes | | Date: | 13 Jan 2005 20:17:26 GMT |
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 d.webb@mdx.ac.uk wrote:
> In article , Jimi
> writes:
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>> I believe it will be possible to lock all the plates but a planetwide
>> cooling system would have to be put in place to prevent catastrophe on
>> a global scale. clearly, the world economy will not be able to support
>> a megaproject like this for many hundreds if not thousands of years.
>> by this time, of course, sufficient computing power will be available
>> to accurately design such a system.
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> ... as well as a global cooling system to ensure that you did not get a
> continual pressure build up leading to an even more catastrophic outcome
> than normal earthquakes you would also need to find a way of recycling
> carbon and probably a number of other beneficial side-effects of plate
> tectonics.
Without plate tectonics there would be no mountain building
(orogeny) so erosion would eventually turn the whole Earth into ocean.
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| | From: | Jimi | | Subject: | Re: Nanotechnology and earthquakes | | Date: | 15 Jan 2005 06:36:25 GMT |
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On 13 Jan 2005 20:17:26 GMT, Danny at Chrastina dot net
wrote:
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>On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 d.webb@mdx.ac.uk wrote:
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>> In article , Jimi
>> writes:
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>>> I believe it will be possible to lock all the plates but a planetwide
>>> cooling system would have to be put in place to prevent catastrophe on
>>> a global scale. clearly, the world economy will not be able to support
>>> a megaproject like this for many hundreds if not thousands of years.
>>> by this time, of course, sufficient computing power will be available
>>> to accurately design such a system.
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>> ... as well as a global cooling system to ensure that you did not get a
>> continual pressure build up leading to an even more catastrophic outcome
>> than normal earthquakes you would also need to find a way of recycling
>> carbon and probably a number of other beneficial side-effects of plate
>> tectonics.
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> Without plate tectonics there would be no mountain building
>(orogeny) so erosion would eventually turn the whole Earth into ocean.
This is true, but if such a large scale project could be completed
then the problem of constructing artificial landmass would be trivial.
The japanese are already doing this on a "small" scale but deep ocean
dredging would be required for larger scale projects.
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