[xyzzy21]

Also if you apply hydraulic equations to the lave through such a small diameter borehole, you quickly find that you would NOT be in control of anything and you'd probably do more to trigger a large eruption - the velocity of lava out of such a borehole would be hypersonic at least and quickly open the borehole to form a new vent equal to an actual eruption.

[trenning]

This could be used as an assist to space maybe :) sustainable Earth based lava launches

[dmos62]

I always felt that space colonization was a semi-conscious way of giving up on sustainability on Earth. Purposefully erupting supervolcanoes to launch spaceships would be the ultimate illustration of that.

[ineedasername]

I'm not sure if that would be better or worse than Project Orion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propuls...

[dmos62]

Hypersonic lava sounds AWESOME!

[ethbr0]

Not a Dwarf Fortress player, are we?

[beerandt]

Lookup pyroclastic flow.

[chasd00]

Well if it came out above the escape velocity maybe it would just shoot off into space ;)