Steel dam plan to plug Indonesia's "mud volcano" - AFP

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Steel dam plan to plug Indonesia's "mud volcano"

Mon May 28, 12:44 PM ET

JAKARTA (AFP) - A massive concrete dam 15 storeys high would
be built around Indonesia's disastrous "mud volcano" under the
latest proposal to stop toxic sludge spewing from its core, a
report said Monday.

Indonesian and Japanese engineers have pitched the ambitious
plan to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the nation marks
one year on Tuesday since the mudspill started, forcing
thousands to flee their homes.

The plan, estimated to cost 70 million dollars, is the latest
attempt to try to stem the steaming mud that started pouring
from the earth after an exploratory gas drilling team pierced a
layer of strata.

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Under the plan, the mud building up in the dam would eventually
be so heavy that it could act as a counterweight to the sludge
trying to emerge from the crater, blocking off the flow, said
Tempo magazine, which has a copy of the proposal.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070528/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironment_070528164401

[applegrove]

1. Which reminds me..is this the only time some manmade "digging" has resulted

in the earth spewing stuff? Or is it more common than we know?

[Javaman]

2. The man made giant marbles didn't work so...

now they are going to build a 15 story high wall around it.

My question is then...

What happens when it fills up?

:shrug:

:scared:

[skids]

3. Then you need a 45-story tall plunger.

...it's not good suction that gets the clog to give way. You really have to put your back into it and work it fast and hard.

[Javaman]

4. Dang you!!

:spray: :rofl: