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Harry Reid Pushes Nevada As "Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy"
An anonymous reader writes "Of all the 'mainstream' forms of renewable energy, it seems that geothermal power is always left in the shadows compared to solar and wind power. However, that looks set to change with news that the US Department of Energy will fund geothermal projects in northwestern Nevada and southeast Oregon. With funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the DOE has stated a 'conditional commitment' to provide a partial guarantee for a rumored $98.5 million loan to the Nevada Geothermal Power Company (NGP). According to US Senator Harry Reid, 'Northern Nevada is the Saudi Arabia of geothermal energy.'"
I wouldn't worry too much about Harry's opinions, he's fading in to history pretty darn soon.
On behalf of California, I'd like to ask you to please restrict your funding of drilling holes into the crust to the other side of the country, or maybe like the middle, y'know? Really far away from fault lines, basically.
If you accidentally tick off The Big One and Southern California falls into the ocean, all you'll have left are those crazy Northern California people, and we'll -so- become a Red State.
Trust me, your boss doesn't want that.
Yeah, I know its possible to do geothermal energy safely. Its also possible to make earthquakes with it. Let's side over on the cautious end in the west coast, shall we?
another republiCUNT.
Seriously... if you only see failure in the party you hate, you're not seeing the whole picture.
Take that hate, and hate them ALL with us. Not just Obama, or the democrats... but the republicans to.
Lets put aside "Jesus" and "Abortion"... and lets actually pick up shovels and start filling the fucking hole left by the these criminal con artists we call elected representatives.