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The biggest expense was installing the mantle ducts to keep the carbonate-silicate cycle operating. https://explainxkcd.com/3078/
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 hours agoOften 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-up2·40 minutes agoToo many bolts too close and you’ve just got a perforation.
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoI think double-sided tape would be better. Or maybe we sew the plates together?
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoDrill holes and zip tie the tectonic plates together
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoTectonic drift stitches. We’d have so much street cred in the galactic neighbourhood
minus-squaredeath_to_carrots@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 hours agoWould you say tectonic plates are more like wood or metal? There are different standards for both.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 hours agoI’d think they’re more like cookies, but idk I’m not really a geologist 😅
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.
I think double-sided tape would be better. Or maybe we sew the plates together?
Drill holes and zip tie the tectonic plates together
Tectonic drift stitches. We’d have so much street cred in the galactic neighbourhood
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 😅