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Dry-Specialist-2150 t1_ix27brk wrote

Reply to comment by mynameisnotshamus in Saturday Morning email from State rep Harry Arora about increases in electricity and natural gas prices by mynameisnotshamus

Just what I read- temperature of below ground 4 to 5 feet is a close to 40 degrees year round- add a heat pump to heat 40degrees to 70 is more efficient than burning oil or gas or wood for that matter- likewise in summer you get the reverse.

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mynameisnotshamus OP t1_ix3a6xe wrote

Completely anecdotal but I’ve heard there are often a lot of maintenance nightmares. I’ve also heard It’s difficult and expensive to retrofit into existing buildings. It seems amazing if you can make it work. Again, These are just foggy memories that stuck in my brain so who knows where the truth on geothermal is. If building new, I’d look into it.

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giant_toad42 t1_ix2bxl9 wrote

That's nice.

But we're talking about electricity not heating houses.

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