The Gigantic Explosive Magma-Spewing Murderous Monstrosities that Have Been Benefitting Us All Along

When you think about volcanoes, you probably think of them as a major problem to mankind- massacring tons of people with each explosion. Well, here's a bigger problem: How do we get power without polluting the atmosphere? Water is too inefficient, solar only works in the sun, nuclear can irradiate the landscape with one puncture. That leaves Geothermal Energy- obtaining power from the heat of a volcano. No pollution, no inefficiency, no special timing, no danger of explosions!

So volcanoes are amazing ways to create free power. Also, volcanic ash, which might seem to pollute, actually fertilizes the soil making some of the most nutrient-rich plants on the earth! Massive savannah are created by volcanoes. So for one year, death and destruction, but for the next twenty years, LIFE!

And of course the garden variety benefits- gemstones, natural spas, all sorts of reasonably average benefits.

So volcanoes are actually useful!