[âm nhạc] a volcano is one of the most unforgiving Natural phenomenons on Earth if you were to fall into its magma fielded Center your body would quickly bubble Up and disappear without a trace so If they're so good at getting rid of things has Anyone tried it before How would We transport all our trash to them and what dangers would be in This is what if and here's what would happen If WE dumped our trash into volcan americans Alone generate about 254 million tons of trash per Year and although dumping it into volcanos might sound
like the perfect way to get rid of it it wouldn't be that easy volcanes might look like nature's garbage incinerators but In reality they're much more Dangerous and unstable not to mention a lot Harder to get to would overcoming these obstacles be Worth It or would dumping our trash in volcanos just cause even more Harm to our planet the first obstacle in our Quest for volcanic garbage disposal would be Finding an active volcano that can get the job done There are only about 1500 potentially active volcanes worldwide and most of them aren't located anywhere near
humans for obvious reasons that means getting all our trash an active volcano could turn out to be Pretty expensive and once We get there We might Find out It's not even the right kind of Active volcano the kind of volcano we'd be looking for is called a Shield volcano A slow erupting variety that contains the iconic Lava lakes that gradually spew out onto the earth unfortunately these aren't very Common You're more likely to come across their angry cousins known as str volcanos str volcan are known for their explosive eruptions caused by the buildup of pressure
from hot gas and magma in other Words they're probably not the safest location for the town dump but Let's say We're Lucky Enough To find ourselves a nice Active Shield volcano before We worry about the logistics of getting our trash there if you were one of the first waste collectors hired to drive up to the vent of a volcano you'd quickly start to question your career choices the vent of a volcano IS treacherous environment Full of poisonous gases Lava splatter and projectile Rocks and things only get worse once you start throwing stuff inside in 2002
a group of ethiopian researchers threw a 30 kilogram bag of trash into a volcano and the results were explosive Lava lakes are unstable so if you pierce their surfaces with something cold like trash you'll Trigger a chain reaction of explosions involving pressurized and acidic steam So can you Imagine How big these explosions would be if you threw AN entire nation's trash in there well to put it in perspective rock Falls into Lava lakes in Hawaii have sent Lava 85 met into the air so itd probably look something like that even If You Could safely get
your trash into the volcano you'd still have to Worry About all the air pollution created by burning our waste without filters Plus not all materials will completely Break Down in Lava which means that the polluting remnants could erupt out and contaminate the surrounding landscape not ideal if you were hoping to burn nuclear waste for example add these environmental impacts On top of the fact that shipping all our trash to these volcanos would significantly increase the carbon footprint of the waste disposal and the whole thing looks like a terrible idea If We're going to burn our
trash Why not At least do it someplace where we can use the heat released through incineration to create new sources of Energy or instead Maybe We could just Shoot our garbage out into Space surely there Can't Be any harmful effects there right well That's a topic for another What if
