XPost: alt.global-warming, alt.atheism   
   From: Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/25/2026 12:30 AM, JTEM wrote:   
   > On 1/22/26 5:54 PM, Dawn Flood wrote:   
   >   
   >> Yep.  What are the consequences of getting rid of lead-based paint?!   
   >   
   > There's no alternative to fossil fuels at our present level of   
   > technology.   
   >   
   > The only source of energy with any hope of replacing fossil fuels   
   > also happens to be the most dangerous:  Geothermal.   
   >   
   > Yellowstone alone holds back a (conservatively estimated) energy   
   > equivalent to roughly 100,000 nuclear weapons. Tap into that   
   > energy and you can power all of North America's grid, charge an   
   > unlimited number of EVs.   
   >   
   > Your classic nuclear power plant is really just a steam powered   
   > plant, using nuclear power to generate the steam. So Yellowstone   
   > could provide the energy to power just as many steam plants as   
   > you can fit.   
   >   
   > 24/7 unlimited power...   
   >   
   > And if you prick the bubble that is the Yellowstone caldera,   
   > touching off and eruption, you can end western civilization   
   > overnight. It would result in a global "Volcanic Winter."   
   > The equator then the southern hemisphere would clear first,   
   > return to normal, which the northern hemisphere can expect   
   > to maybe take a thousand years or more before returning to   
   > normal....   
   >   
   > Might even kick off the next glacial period, btw. "Glacial   
   > Maximum" during the last so called "Ice Age" does align   
   > nicely with a super volcanic eruption, albeit nowhere near   
   > as big as Yellowstone will be...   
   >   
   > There are a number of other super volcanoes which, like   
   > Yellowstone, are active right now, all of which could   
   > produce unlimited power, all of which could effectively end   
   > western civilization overnight....   
   >   
   > But that's it. There's geothermal and then there's... nothing.   
   >   
   > There is nothing that could replace fossil fuels.   
   >   
      
   Even you agree that fossil fuels are finite, and someday, our World will   
   run out of them.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)