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Google Funding the Next Big One?

Posted by samzenpus on from the mole-men-approved dept.

wdavies writes "According to this New York Times article, Google is funding a controversial deep drill geothermal project north of San Francisco. Apparently the company, AltaRock, omitted to disclose that the same deep drilling caused a major quake in Basel, Switzerland when it was last used. Given the notorious geological instability of the Northern Californian coast, this strikes me as kind of dumb — and given the known likelihood of this technique producing earthquakes, somewhat EVIL."

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  1. Is Google EVIL now? by iCodemonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean google is now a super-evil corporation(TM). Will we have James Bond types trying to bring it down? (disclaimer: not enough sleep, lack of coffee and to much TV are my excuses)

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    Deja Moo: The feeling you've heard this bullsh*t before.
  2. Re:Unfair Blame to Both Google And AltaRock by mini+me · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but unlike Google, the government's motto is "Do evil." At least I'm pretty sure it is.

  3. Re:Unfair Blame to Both Google And AltaRock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the locals, man, don't get me started.

    Apparently they have mod points, and they are angry.