# Does the existence of supervolcanoes put a hard limit on mankind's future development?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 18, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-existence-of-supervolcanoes-put-a-hard-limit-on-mankinds-future-development/564617 "2010-12-18T09:44:35Z")
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### Author: ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2010, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-existence-of-supervolcanoes-put-a-hard-limit-on-mankinds-future-development/564617/41 "2010-12-23T09:46:25Z")

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> [@Anne\_Neville](#):
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> There are some legal problems, too. What if we drill, the volcano goes off, and some geologists think that the drilling might have triggered the eruption? Can the people who did the drilling be sued? Or, alternatively, we _don’t_ drill, and the volcano erupts. Can the people who could have drilled but didn’t be sued for negligence?

One of the advantages of the collapse of civilization is that one no longer has to worry about lawsuits.

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