BBC: Concrete 'to stem Java mud flow' ~~ An attempt to stop flow of Mud from deep underground ...

BBC ^ | Friday, 2 February 2007, 15:10 GMT | BBC Staff

[golfisnr1]

LOL. Mud ball cannon.

[kinoxi]

Sounds like it would be interesting to watch from a good distance away.

[GSlob]

Constipating a volcano might be an interesting idea, but its implementation is best watched from afar.

[cripplecreek]

Krakatoa part II.

[humblegunner]

Dr Bagus Nurhandoko, who helped develop the scheme, told Nature magazine: "It will make the mud tired. We're killing the mud softly."

Killing the restless mud with big balls ping.

[Cicero]

Well, I'm with the scientists. Stop the flow, and you will pretty certainly build up pressure, until it blows. The longer you delay it from blowing, the worse the pressure will get.

Kaboom.

[mewzilla]

Constipating a volcano might be an interesting idea, but its implementation is best watched from afar.

LOL. Let's just hope the Law of Unintended Consequences doesn't kick in.

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!

[cripplecreek]

There's a song there.

We're killing the mud softly with concrete

[Bernard Marx]

Krakatoa part II.

Mudbloa Part I

[Kirkwood]

Put a cork in it!

[ridesthemiles]

You can't fool Mother nature.......

[southernnorthcarolina]

Sounds a lot like Elbonia:

[mewzilla]

I would think ventilating it somewhere else might be safer than plugging it, but what the heck do I know? :)

[XR7]

Sort of like a giant version of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-wa_ball

[Psycho_Bunny]

This sounds like a pretty dumb idea but, it's a muslim nation so, par for the course.

[Kirkwood]

If this works, there is a yap hole that needs to be plugged.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I don't think plugging up a volcano is a good idea.

[Darksheare]

Make the mud tired?
Killing it softly with their song?
*snicker*