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The biggest expense was installing the mantle ducts to keep the carbonate-silicate cycle operating.

https://explainxkcd.com/3078/

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[โ€“] death_to_carrots@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Would you say tectonic plates are more like wood or metal? There are different standards for both.

[โ€“] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago

I'd think they're more like cookies, but idk I'm not really a geologist ๐Ÿ˜