Spot on, the pay per use plan is ridiculous.
Btw, curious they are still calling themselves Defense contractors, Trump prefers War contractors :)

Indeed, I have seen how most internet connections between the main line and the individual home in The Netherlands and Denmark are done with this pneumatic tool.
It's a lot easier and cheaper than digging.
In most of Europe overhead lines would never get approval.

You are absolutely right that there is a difference between the depths and (thus) temperatures.
Thing is, who says the deeper wells don't produce these pollutants by dissolving them from the rock?

Indeed, yesterday I heard an interview with a German law professor that's teaching.
About students using AI to write a paper on her test subjects she said:
If AI can answer my questions realize that same AI can do your future work/job.

The outcome of ChatGPT is always dubious and potentially only as good as the questions asked.

In the late 70's, early 80's geothermal wells were drilled in the Campi Flegrei, the very large volcanic area north of Pozzuoli. (Italy)
Here super heated water zones at depths between 1200 and 1900 meters were produced and the resulting steam gave at surface around 50 MW of power per well.
But the condensate of this steam was very poisonous containing arsenic and heavy metals, the produced H2S was just a minor detail.
When cleaning the steam the resulting power dropped to around 15 MW but the process was not economically viable and the project died.
(I did some of the measurements)

Then at least you have someone to blame.

Indeed, as long as a human bears the end responsibility there is no problem.

To complete your correct reasoning, bend cucumbers are also Class 2, the reason is you get less in a package thus transport would be more expensive (and less economic).

Well spoken!

Same here, a nice tool this One+ Tab2.

You do have a point but you're story is too long to keep the attention of many.

You mean similar to how it's run now?
I mean, you can't trust the politicians and have to hope the courts keep them in check...

The man was for years the big boss of Halliburton and as such very much involved in the oil industry.
And it likely had a strong influence on his planning the action to take Iraq...
(Not that I feel sorry for Saddam)

Nice to see this example of international cooperation.
Because you can't expect any country to have the full infrastructure like a space station to start with.
When the world is indeed serious about space travel all should have a chance to contribute according to their available tech.

BTW, the Japanese drive on the other side of the road (not the right side)...

Over here in the Netherlands next week we have parliamentary elections.
Because of the mess politics made during the past two governments these are very significant elections.
However the outcome will be, the next government will need a coalition of four to five parties for a majority in parliament.
A lot of people (the dumb half) are not sure who to vote for and they ask ChatGPT, the sad thing is this system seems to only know two parties while there are twenty five on the ballot!