[K-Dog]

Reaching lateral lengths of 3,250 feet, reaching a temperature of 191 °C.

That is something, but lengths implies more than one, so we are back to square one.

The article also mentions a 'breakthrough'.

A breakthrough implies something new.  Something Iceland has not done in 30 years?

Too bad the article won't says what it is.

Geothermal is not something that really needs an innovation.  Existing technology provides the tools and techniques needed.  What Geothermal needs is blood sweat and tears.

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The reason the article exists is to show Google spending money to purchase 'green' technology.

It will take more than that to get Google off my shit list.

You do know that this blog can't be found with Google right?  I have seen three bots at a time viewing this site at once.  But only the Legacy Diner page shows up in a Google search.  Google does exactly what the censors in Homeland Security tell them to do.  I am sorry to bring my history as a suspected domestic terrorist with me, but I really don't have anything to do with it.

I added 'Doomstead Diner' to the metadata for the page.  Bots can't miss it.  They do.

Of course if we ever get serious traction here we will appear as normal as apple pie and show up in a search.

Think what the Weimar Republic could have done with the the Nazi party when it only had 12 members and a website.  That would have been a good thing. 

Ranting on street-corners would not attract Berlin crowds had there been an net then.  Hitler could have practiced in front of a mirror all day long and it would not have done his movement any good.

That would have been a good thing.

But our Weimar repubic of the Stars and Stripes stops not just crazies.  Everybody is stopped, except for the sanctioned few.  Change WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

And doom is baked in the cake.

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Reaching lateral lengths of 3,250 feet, reaching a temperature of 191 °C.

That is something, but lengths implies more than one, so we are back to square one.

The article also mentions a 'breakthrough'.

I think the "breakthrough" they are talking about is to apply the horizontal drilling technique the frackers use to setting up a geothermal collector. They could make better use of a source  by laying several pipes across a magma pool.  More surface area to heat the water.  Not a huge technological leap though.

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And doom is baked in the cake.

This of course is true. "baked" is a good choice of verbs. It's too little too late and doesn't address the problems of overshoot, resource depletion and climate change.  Even if we stopped all carbon emissions now, the climate will continue warming another 40 years at least.  Think this summer is hot?  You ain't seen nuthin' yet.

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