When a Volcano Attacks

I haven't discussed this yet, but what is happening in Europe right now with the grounding of air travel due to an Icelandic volcano eruption is fascinating. Volcanic ash melts at the temperature in a jet engine which sucks in air, where volcanic ash was one of ancient Rome's secret ingredients for concrete. Hence why planes are grounded, backlogged, and chaos has ensued. Given how many volcanoes there are globally, this kind of effect is somewhat concerning.

I thought that Charles Adler had a really funny take on this on his Friday show, asking when Suzuki and Gore will bring their hammer of Thor down on Iceland for not controlling their volcanoes. The concern is legit, because a volcano can put more pollution in the atmosphere in 7 days than the oil sands will in 70 years. If we are concerned about global warming, we need to seriously discuss economic sanctions on countries that don't cap their volcanoes. Why are volcano eruptions not covered under the Kyoto Accords? Iceland has wasted a century's worth "volcanic ash credits" in a few days.