World of goo you have to explode the head

#World of goo you have to explode the head plus

To increase the core heat directly below Yellowstone, one would need to increase the decay rate of at least the thorium chain of isotopes. Now, volcanism is driven by heat rising out of Earth's core, and this heat is largely produced by the decay of heavy elements sunk in the lower mantle.

Our sociopathic billionaire wants Yellowstone to erupt even if it were naturally inclined not to. This is actually one of the reasons why the computronium apocalypse is going to require some time. The little critters are tough, but the environment down there doesn't really lend itself to nanomachine work, what with those balmy 1500 вЊ and acid magma. Same energy problem of the neutrino heater described below, only much larger. Unless we're talking of a Chicxulub event, which would put Yellowstone in the position of the tail wagging the dog. There's probably a nice acronym in there, but the project just got mothballed due to lack of the required hyperdense penetrator. Save drilling time using the Father of All Kinetic Impactors.

#World of goo you have to explode the head plus

underground bombing: same problems in penetrating the magma chamber, plus that of having the bomb(s) - or as Carl Witthoft suggested, the antimatter containment unit - survive the trip.By far the best 'can do' answer, but it requires Yellowstone to already be in a close-to-eruption state (there must be enough dissolved gas in the right conditions). Ash's: 'drill a hole in the magma chamber to trigger outgassing'.I'd go for that one, even if it's anticlimactic. Likeliest - but alas already taken - answers