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North Korean nuclear test sets off years of earthquakes

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ortusdux · 1789744701 · focus · HN ↗
How long until someone attempts to diffuse a pent up fault line via nuclear geoengineering?
1. slater · 1789745950 · focus · HN ↗
  Project Plowshare says hello:
  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare
  1. ortusdux · 1789747934 · focus · HN ↗
    The soviets reportedly used nukes to cap uncontrolled leaking oil wells - <a href="https://www.npr.org/2010/06/04/127473704/stopping-a-spill-theres-always-the-nuclear-option" rel="nofollow">https://www.npr.org/2010/06/04/127473704/stopping-a-spill-th...
  2. fragmede · 1789774634 · focus · HN ↗
    Such ambition! Hey, there's a mountain in the way. Let's blow it up! The audacity to reshape the world in such a way that it suits ourselves has been lost. Why shouldn't we green the Sahara? Why can't we make a new continent?

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