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To: Brian P. who wrote (60527)	2/18/2000 9:11:00 AM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

I checked all the posts before reading the borehole article. Before reading it I didn't put much stock in it. Earth is a fantastic insulator. The frost line demonstrates that. Also, forest fires rarely impact animals living just 6 inches below the surface. Caves are another GREAT example. If they went down very far, the millenium of the earth core temps would swamp out weather patterns of such short term as ice ages. They are only going down 500 meters so my take is that it MIGHT be accurate if they did it where the earth's crust was very thick (as opposed to Yellowstone), the geological structures were stable, no groundwater has ever had access to the site, and the hole has not had access to surface temps for very long (years). They also, of course, would have to give freshly drilled holes a few months for temps to stabilize. All in all, I am still skeptical, but admit it could have validity.