Ah! I realized once I posted I forgot to ask why the volcano needed to erupt. I was going for "make big KA-BOOM!" Because really, that's what I'd do if I were an evil scientist. XD
If you're making a Doomsday device out of a volcano, you're best bet is to use a pre-existing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_volcano#Known_eruptions) supervolcano (or, you know, a made up one). All supervolcanos are now dormant so triggering earthquakes with explosives to get the magma flowing, stoppering up vents (like others suggested), and filling underground magma chambers with water/gas mixtures would be a good start. The water/gas in a empty magma chamber would be really good because once the magma starts to move up and encounters said chamber, it's going to mix with it and really build the pressure up inside the volcano. It's also easier to do this way because if you put gas/water in a chamber before there's magma, you don't have to worry about coming up with complex and expensive ways to keep your pipes from melting. Even evil scientists need to save money
You want this eruptions to be big but also explosive. The more explosive the eruption, the more debris it will send up into the atmosphere. The crap in the atmosphere, the more destruction you'll get. Even better if you can get a volcano out in the ocean. Once it explode, the walls of the volcano can collapse inward trigger tsunamis as the water rushed in and then rushed back out. Nothing says destruction like 100ft walls of water!
A couple of more links to get you going: Toba Catastrophe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory): Wiped out 60% of the human population (which granted wasn't big at the time). Volcano winter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter): Triggering this would be your best bet for global destruction Year without a Summer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer): And it's happened before.
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Date: 2007-10-23 06:17 pm (UTC)If you're making a Doomsday device out of a volcano, you're best bet is to use a pre-existing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_volcano#Known_eruptions) supervolcano (or, you know, a made up one). All supervolcanos are now dormant so triggering earthquakes with explosives to get the magma flowing, stoppering up vents (like others suggested), and filling underground magma chambers with water/gas mixtures would be a good start. The water/gas in a empty magma chamber would be really good because once the magma starts to move up and encounters said chamber, it's going to mix with it and really build the pressure up inside the volcano. It's also easier to do this way because if you put gas/water in a chamber before there's magma, you don't have to worry about coming up with complex and expensive ways to keep your pipes from melting. Even evil scientists need to save money
You want this eruptions to be big but also explosive. The more explosive the eruption, the more debris it will send up into the atmosphere. The crap in the atmosphere, the more destruction you'll get. Even better if you can get a volcano out in the ocean. Once it explode, the walls of the volcano can collapse inward trigger tsunamis as the water rushed in and then rushed back out. Nothing says destruction like 100ft walls of water!
A couple of more links to get you going:
Toba Catastrophe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory): Wiped out 60% of the human population (which granted wasn't big at the time).
Volcano winter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter): Triggering this would be your best bet for global destruction
Year without a Summer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer): And it's happened before.