[Kylon]

If you had the power to create artificial Islands by inducing massive underwater eruptions, what would you do?

[Carlhole]

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[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', 'W')ell, I don't know about you but I would....

[PenultimateManStanding]

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[Carlhole]

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[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'w')hat if it caused global warming? would you still do it?

[PenultimateManStanding]

Kylon was nominated for the wingnut award. I can't tell if he's just joking. It's always something goofy with him. To me, it's a joking thing; but that's all he does, so it makes you wonder. . . Same thing with Raph, it's always this goofy shit; you have to assume it is some kind of put on. (watch, now Raph will make some word pun out of 'assume')

[Kylon]

I have ideas on how to actually achieve this.

They sound insane, unless you hear them in detail.

[strider3700]

So you create an eruption and end up with a new island coming out of the ocean. Of course you now have a hot chunk of rock for the next decade or so

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_imag ... rtsey.html
this one doesn't look too bad and I believe it formed 40 years ago or so.

As much fun as forming my own country would be I'm not sure this is the way to go.

[Novus]

Kylon, your idea whatever it is would not work. The very concept violates the laws of physics. When you place something in water it will displace an equal volume of water as stated by Archimedes' Principle. Creating land in this manner will displace an equal amount of water to what was created. This will in fact raise sea levels slightly and eat away at land else where. Conceptually this idea is bunk from the get go. Sorry.

[Grifter]

you could just buy an old off shore oil rig and declare independence.

Not much scope for growin stuff though.

[Kylon]

So what if it eats away at land everywhere else?

I don't care about "everywhere else" I care about MY ISLAND!

About the hot rock chunks-

That's the great part about a volcanic island, tons of cheap geothermal energy to power stuff!

[Kylon]

What if I change the tilt of the planet so that there is a global ice age?

Then many near islands would become islands, and there would also be a huge number of glaciers to build on!

[Grifter]

^^but billions of people would die

Don't be mean!

[Kylon]

Hmmmm....

Maybe I could conquer some place instead?

Like some place in South America!

Use a mind control device control the populace once conquered so I could maintain power...

Use Lake Fusion as a power source to power everything (I would have unlimited fuel) and use death wave generators to knock out guerilla's or any groups of people who try and attack me/stand in my way!

Or I could incapcitate the guerilla's, and then Mind control them, and use them to fight other groups and take more land, and mind control more populations!

[Kylon]

What if I took over Columbia or Venezeula?


Would that be fine?

[Kylon]

Vote Kylon for most wingnutish on the forum!

Raphael has the lead but I'm hoping that I will win before all the votes are in!

[topcat]

You could (and probably will) do this via acreation. The process has been used for some time bu tnot on an 'island' scale that I am aware of.

Not a bad idea, some mess wire, some elect and some salt water I think.

Let me know when and where.