06-24-2018, 07:07 AM
Talked to some folks making a living in Pahoa today; they are hurting for business. For example, tree planters and grounds maintainers are now travelling to other parts of the island (and competing with local businesses there) to try to stay afloat. Restaurants and shops in Pahoa are seeing a huge drop in customers. Apparently they are not seeing much business from the national guard / police / USGS, and the media has come and gone...
Maybe Pele can lift her (park ranger's made-up) curse on removing lava from Hawaii, and we can start selling it to all the mainland nightly news viewers that think the island is about to explode.
Adventure tours and viewing areas, as discussed in other threads.
Is there a direct but portable use for the thermal energy being released? Thermoelectric generation?
Should we close the landfills and dump all our trash into the lava channel? Get payed to import trash from other places and melt it into rock? What happens to plastic when submerged into red hot lava, does it break down?
Could we learn to handle, pump, and mold the lava into structures? Giant lava barges, lava dome homes, lava building blocks, rebar-reinforced lava posts?
Could the lava be used to build berms around the rift zone such that all future flows would follow the same path to the sea?
Can anything useful be extracted from the lava? Iron? Trace elements?
Maybe Pele can lift her (park ranger's made-up) curse on removing lava from Hawaii, and we can start selling it to all the mainland nightly news viewers that think the island is about to explode.
Adventure tours and viewing areas, as discussed in other threads.
Is there a direct but portable use for the thermal energy being released? Thermoelectric generation?
Should we close the landfills and dump all our trash into the lava channel? Get payed to import trash from other places and melt it into rock? What happens to plastic when submerged into red hot lava, does it break down?
Could we learn to handle, pump, and mold the lava into structures? Giant lava barges, lava dome homes, lava building blocks, rebar-reinforced lava posts?
Could the lava be used to build berms around the rift zone such that all future flows would follow the same path to the sea?
Can anything useful be extracted from the lava? Iron? Trace elements?