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 | $2 an acre. They paid $412. (Ad)Government land listed at $2 an acre sold for $412 - 206 times asking price. Demand got so intense the feds doubled auction frequency on geothermal rights in the same Utah desert where a drilling crew hit 2035 targets twelve years early.
Google signed a 15-year deal. Gates wrote the check. One company controls the entire chain. August 18th, the next auction hits that exact territory - and the whole industry is watching. See the company at the center of this land grab before August 18th |
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