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derksenmobile
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Hm. Global earthquakes as the ground shifts and settles, and places with ground level near the 100m mark will probably get fissures spewing high-pressure liquefied whale from them. That's kind of nasty. But I wouldn't be surprised if most of the whale goo remains sequestered deep underground in the high-altitude regions and becomes a new sort of "fossil fuel" resource to tap into. Ten years gives a lot of time to earthquake-proof our infrastructure, though it'll still really suck. Not as bad as most of the other world-affecting whale WYRs. |
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derksenmobile
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This might actually be survivable with minimal damage. Lithium reacts with water to form lithium hydroxide and hydrogen, but the reaction isn't nearly as violent as the other metals in its column of the periodic table (such as sodium). So the moisture in your ear canal will cause some burning (both from the heat of the reaction and the corrosive lithium hydroxide) but if you act quickly to pull the two plugs of lithium out it might not be so terrible. I have the advantage of having a multitool in my pocket that's got a pair of pliers in it, that will help with the extraction should the outer end of the lithium plugs be difficult to get a grip on. I guess my main concern will be eardrum damage, I have no idea how well it'll hold up to this abuse. |
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