Feds pouring more money into hole in South Dakota

Naming a dark matter lab 5000 feet below Lead, South Dakota after a lecherous, usurious Republican billionaire sticks in plenty of craws in my home state yet real science is getting done there. 

The Sanford Underground Research Facility in the former Homestake Mine represents 8000 feet closer to the geothermal potential capable of powering much of the region. The US Department of Energy, New Mexico's Sandia Labs, Los Alamos National Laboratory, South Dakota School of Mines and others are collaborating on exploring that limitless potential using Enhanced Geothermal Systems.

“We’re thrilled about DOE’s recent funding announcement for the Center for Understanding Subsurface Signals and Permeability experiment,” said Dr. Jaret Heise, science director at SURF. “We are very happy to garner interest from the DOE’s Energy Earthshots Initiative and to play a role in developing our nation’s energy independence with CUSSP. We are also grateful for the hard work of previous groups of scientists at SURF who opened the door to this new era of energy research here at America’s deep underground laboratory,” says Heise. [Geothermal research at SURF takes leap forward with DOE Energy Earthshots initiative]

Now, the scientists and scholars repopulating Lawrence County could test anchored Republicans. Maybe.

SD EPSCoR was onsite at @SanfordLab last week and WOW to the amazing projects they have going on there like this #DarkMatter undertaking👨‍🔬https://t.co/xPAk6StCSR

— South Dakota EPSCoR (@SDEPSCoR) October 31, 2023