...then again, you'll have to help me out here John - does the ground in Hungary get so frozen solid in the winter that drilling is simply not possible? :) (they'll have to invest in diamond crusted drill string)

Actually, the weather in Hungary is much like as in Smithville in the Niagara penninsula.

The daily temperature fluctuation is quite high. The annual average mean temperature is 9.7 °C in the whole of the country and 11.2°C in Budapest. The mean temperature in the hottest month, July, is 20.0 °C, in the coldest month, January, 2.1 °C. On a hot summer day temperatures may reach 33- 38°C, while in cold winters temperature may drop to -25.0 °C.

You must remember this video from Hungary that was on the air on 9 January 2007. You can see that there was no snow on the ground, and people working on the ground were dressed in casual winter clothing.

http://www.mtv.hu/magazin/cikk.php?i...