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The biggest expense was installing the mantle ducts to keep the carbonate-silicate cycle operating. https://explainxkcd.com/3078/
minus-squaredeath_to_carrots@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前After a certain point, the material around the bolt is more brittle than the bolt itself.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前Often is, but you can alleviate this with large washers like in the picture, and also by adding more bolts closer to eachothers
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Too many bolts too close and you’ve just got a perforation.
minus-squaredeath_to_carrots@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 年前Would you say tectonic plates are more like wood or metal? There are different standards for both.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前I’d think they’re more like cookies, but idk I’m not really a geologist 😅
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前I think double-sided tape would be better. Or maybe we sew the plates together?
After a certain point, the material around the bolt is more brittle than the bolt itself.
Often is, but you can alleviate this with large washers like in the picture, and also by adding more bolts closer to eachothers
Too many bolts too close and you’ve just got a perforation.
Would you say tectonic plates are more like wood or metal? There are different standards for both.
I’d think they’re more like cookies, but idk I’m not really a geologist 😅
I think double-sided tape would be better. Or maybe we sew the plates together?