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Doug_Muler42497 t1_iwwpvi7 wrote

Geothermal needs to be mandated across the country.

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killcat t1_iwwrgk1 wrote

It doesn't work everywhere, at least not economically at the moment.

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Scope_Dog t1_iwwsj60 wrote

Very promising stuff going on with geothermal! Just hoping those fancy new drills pan out.

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CarBombtheDestroyer t1_iwwvlko wrote

Already been stated but geothermal doesn’t work most places. My cousin started a geothermal company and found that out the hard way.

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ten-million t1_iwwzbi4 wrote

Do you mean ground source heat pumps or real geothermal?

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Doug_Muler42497 t1_iwz01l8 wrote

Both are more effective than traditional fuel sources and should be used as a primary source. The amount of energy savings in the summer would be huge

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ten-million t1_iwz0r8u wrote

Yeah I built my house and put in a ground source heat pump. Ten years later I added solar and now we produce as much as we use. It's pretty outstanding and very comfortable. Definitely pays for itself.

There is some company that says they have a new and better drilling technology and they claim they can dig deep enough to put a real geothermal plant anywhere.

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Sentsuizan t1_iwzslgt wrote

I feel like people don't talk enough about geothermal, but isn't a giant hole in the ground pretty bad for the environment?

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