Better or worse

The name of Eyjafjallajökul was probably quite unknown for most of us. Now we know it is a volcano in Iceland whose ashes stop air traffic over most of Europe. Millions of individuals are affected directly or indirectly. This is a natural catastrophe.

Has it not been a lot of natural catastrophes recently? Earth quakes in Haiti, Chile, China...

For the first time in human history we have the opportunity to change assumptions into knowledge. We can have statistics instead of guesses.

Is the earth feeling better or worse? Is the stomach of the earth in balance, or will there be more uncontrolled outbreaks?

Is there any artificial way to release tensions in the earth, so we can avoid the effects of sudden earth quakes and volcano outbreaks?

Could there be any such artificial methods?

The Galapagos Islands seems to be a safety-valve used by the earth when the pressure gets to strong. The Galapagos method seems quite harmless and free from disturbing side effects. The Iceland and other open air volcanoes have difficult side effects, obviously.

Can the energy be tamed and used properly? If we could tap a very little amount of the heat from inside the earth we could warm many family homes.