Disaster Planning

[mik3cap]

If Yellowstone park does actually erupt and cover half the country in a bunch of hot ash, it'll most likely end up doing that to the portion of the country that makes food (specifically the part that grows corn). I don't know what kind of remediation would be needed to recover soil that's been volcanically affected for purposes of growing crops, but if a big eruption does occur, it's going to be a world of hurt - a real global food crisis, and then a whole bunch of global cooling that might make growing crops more difficult.

Comments

[bluegargantua]

"There's a lot of crazy stuff that needs to happen with nitrogen injection into the soil and junk."

In this case, the nitrogen injection is the ash.

later
Tom

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

I trust your Nebraskan instincts.

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

And also your massive experience with large-scale injection.

[purly.livejournal.com]

This sentence would be better if it ended after massive experience.