Google Funding the Next Big One? 295
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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."
Is Google EVIL now? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Unfair Blame to Both Google And AltaRock (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but unlike Google, the government's motto is "Do evil." At least I'm pretty sure it is.
B Movie (Score:2, Funny)
Terminator (Score:3, Funny)
I think this is will be skynet's first strike against mankind.
just turn that frown upside down (Score:2, Funny)
Re:"the next big one" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Is Google EVIL now? (Score:5, Funny)
No, you all have it exactly backwards. Look at this - California is bankrupt, they're planning on paying creditors IOUs. No money. Nada. They've already asked the feds to help and Obama has said 'No'.
Google knows this and knows that the only other ways to get money out of the feds is either to wage war on them or have a (presumably) natural disaster. Wars take time and are all sorts of messy, not to mention ethically marginal. A natural disaster on the other hand - who can argue with an Act of God? This is just a small down payment to help rescue the entire fucking state from themselves.
Brilliant, I say. Absolutely brilliant.
Re:Unfair Blame to Both Google And AltaRock (Score:5, Funny)
Think of it - land that was inland now becomes beach-front property ... how much of that land does Google have options on?
Re:Unfair Blame to Both Google And AltaRock (Score:3, Funny)
Hell yeah!
If California breaks away, the weight of Maine hanging so far east will drag the whole country into a barrel roll around the Houston/Williston axis. Before you know it, the USA will be face-down in the ocean with it's ass in the air.
Re:Unfair Blame to Both Google And AltaRock (Score:5, Funny)
And the locals, man, don't get me started.
Apparently they have mod points, and they are angry.
Re:What scare-mongering stupidity! (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, that's not funny!
Don't worry, nothing bad will happen from it... (Score:2, Funny)
Cause we will be screwed by LHC loooonnnggg before
Re:Unfair Blame to Both Google And AltaRock (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Unfair Blame to Both Google And AltaRock (Score:3, Funny)
Santa Rosa's not exactly far from San Francisco. And since it's just Santa Rosa that's close you're fine with them being leveled in an earthquake?
As a lifetime resident of Santa Rosa, I hereby formally approve of your proposal for earthquake-based levelling, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
But I should warn you you're going to need one doozy of a quake to actually level the place. The 1906 "San Francisco" Earthquake hit harder up here than it did in San Francisco, and that one still left 4 buildings standing.
1 2 3 4 - Profit! (Score:5, Funny)
1 - Write a story involving Google
2 - Find a way to include the word EVIL
3 - Blog it, post it, spam it, be sure to put up Google Adwords advertising
4 - Profit!