A bloke I know did a 'what if' blog discussion at the Brisbane Times about what happens if the 'winaprizeifyoucanpronounceit' volcano in Iceland keeps steaming away for say, a year, two years, five, ten, one thousand even. Really, the potential is there for an indefinite burn.

Curious to know what you guys might think about this. What would be the global ramifications?.

If nothing else it would sort us out which is badly needed. It certainly would bring about some equality. Passenger ships would probably become popular again & the rat race might come back to a sensible pace. Maybe all those predictions will come true.

Dear StG,

We might have hoped for some global cooling benefits from this one but it appears not to be the case. To put it in perspective Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines dropped the earth's temp by 0.5 degrees for a year. Mt St Helens only disgorged one tenth as much material so had a negligible effect on temperatures.

This little Icelandic sweetheart is 100 times smaller again so has a lot of catching up to do if it is to make its mark.

I thought it was the plume of the election of a new pope, but it seems though the current one doesn't want to stand down, even being aware that someone other than he would have managed things better to the extent that there would have been far, far fewer pedophiles abusing children AND far more pedophiles locked up.

In the current popes arguable "delusions of grandeur" it seems that he remains the best person for the job.

Honestly, one wonders why it is allowed for the simple folk to be so taken in without attempting to advance their education.

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As for the planes, Jim Middleton just interviewed some scumbag here on Aust Network arguing that economics are more important than air safety.

I hope that people will have more time to think about their values.

Although many say it may well shake up the ecconomies of the world, just remember, you and I enjoy the lifestyles we do thanks to the huge amounts of employment cretaed, the consumables usesed by and the taxes paid by these huge companies that many of you would love to see crash.

Be very carfull what you wish for, as life as you know it is in many cases riding on the backs of these corporations successes and, without them, most of us would be very much worse off.

Be an interesting development to civilisation if it DID actually happen though rechtub, ya think?. Whether people wanted it or not.

What would the effects on crops and business be in the areas affected, you think?.

I'm only really talking in hypotheticals. Chances are everything will be hunky dorey in a few days.....maybe...