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title: '2013-04-27-'
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Sherpie stepped in from the punishing heat, following the
engineer. Under the installation's shade sat planted a squat machine. A
geothermal heat exchange coupling, its consoles had been recently
removed. "You're here to get the power rerouted," the workman removed
his sun-visor, and set it down on a panel. "No. Believe it or not we
want this one decoupled." The engineer reached for a packet of
cigarettes in a pocket over his breast, and turned to an exposed part of
the heat exchange core, as if he hadn't heard what the visitor had just
said. Two enormous friction plates were visible from within the giant
pressure cooker, glowing red-hot. The workman reached in, quickly,
wielding the cigarette. "Want a light?" "Why not."