I spotted a link for a brief video introduction to Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Note that the map of near-surface geothermal heating potential coincides with a lot of my recommended retreat areas.
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Courtesy of Cheryl, our dose of Gloomage d' jour: Lehman Tries To Unwind Derivatives Trade -- Bush Plans To Host World Summit To Discuss Financial Crisis Response -- NYT: Probe Of Lehman Collapse Escalates -- Bleak Economic Outlook For Spain -- Mervyn's To Close 149 Locations -- Linen 'n Things Closing All Remaining Stores -- Ron Paul: Our Current Monetary System Is Ending -- Hedge Fund Manager Thanks "Stupid Traders" For Riches -- Crisis May Make 1929 Look Like a Walk in the Park -- Is Switzerland The Next Iceland? -- Week In Which Global Catastrophe Was Averted -- Banks Hoard Cash As Credit Card Defaults Rise -- Russia Taps Sovereign Fund To Save Markets -- Top Wall Street Bankers To Get $70 Billion Pay Deals
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FerFAL (Our correspondent in Argentina) recommended this documentary: What a real financial collapse looks like. (In Spanish, with English subtitles.)
