New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert

The novelty seems to be restricted to their using fracking techniques to get access to enough hot rock to let them collect a respectable amount of thermal power.

That is new and does sound promising, but the chemical com,position of the water they circulate could get interesting. The stuff that dissolved in it deep underground might come out of solution after it has been cooled off in the generating plant.

Bitcoin is an application of block-chain techniques to currency market. It's not a hoax, but - like every new idea - criminals are exploiting it to make money dishonestly.

It won't evaporate, but it won't be useful either.

Like Putin in Russia, who doesn't seem to worry Jan nearly as much.

Of course Jan doesn't know what it means, as is obvious from the nonsense he's free to post.