Why don't we all just use Geothermal Energy?

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  @mikedixon8741 · 5 years ago

  Not on the scale of what this video shows, in 2013 I had to replace my heating and cooling system. The contractor drilled 5 holes in my yard, 200 feet deep. They then ran a flexible tubing all the way down and back to the surface equaling 2000 feet of tubing, and linked them all together with a sealed tubing system that runs to my new system which is an indoor unit in my garage which keeps it out of the elements. All total, with approximately 2800 feet of tubing is an ethylene glycol type of fluid that constantly circulates at a temperature of about 64 degrees farenheit. Imagine during the summer months when its 90+ degrees outside and you can simply blow air across 64 degree liquid running through the unit. It drops the ambient air temperature quickly and efficiently. Conversely, when its below freezing outside, it is much cheaper to warm cold air from 64 degrees to 70 indoors than to use electricity to raise air temperature from outside where its below freezing to 70 degrees. I love my system and what it saves me in my monthly power bill will eventually pay for the cost of the system. Sorry this is so long, but if one person sees it that is unaware of the benefits and switches, then it's all worth it!

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  @itsnotmeitshim · 5 years ago

  "all the other countries in the world that aren't fortunate enough to be located above fault lines" That's a line you don't hear too often!

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• HA

  @hamnchee · 5 years ago

  Q: Why is it solid?<br>A: It&apos;s pressure, innit

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• KI

  @kiwibob223 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Fyi new Zealand has been using geothermal for generation of electricity since 1958 and in the last ten years have developed proprietary tech that not only removes the silica but does so in a way that allows us to sell a very high value material to tech companies.<br>World leading tech

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• JA

  @Jason608 · 6 years ago

  217 million years! Excellent. That almost enough time for us to figure out fusion energy :P

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• DA

  @daos3300 · 6 years ago

  flat earthers look away, this is going to hurt.

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• JI

  @JimMorrisRocks · 4 years ago

  I love it when the answer to a scientific question is,<br>&quot;it&apos;s pressure innit&quot;

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• AN

  @anthonytoscano5632 · 3 years ago

  I have solar and Geothermal, now my monthly energy bill is $ 24 a month for the reverse meter.<br>My total out put was $50,000, saving around $450 a month since 2005. Saving around $5,000 a year<br>2005 until now 2023, I&apos;ve saved over $97,000 in those years. Spent the money on home remolding and a large addition, the play room we call it. I&apos;m debt Free as my mortgage will be paid off this year

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• PA

  @patentleatherkicks · 5 years ago

  &quot;This is your planet as you&apos;re used to seeing it,&quot; he says, while the planet graphic next to him is rotating the wrong way around.

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• JO

  @jobu88 · 5 years ago

  Wasn&apos;t drilling into the earth&apos;s core how we got Godzilla??? I&apos;m no expert but that seems like a pretty big downside.

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• PA

  @paulpedersen1329 · 5 years ago

  The earth is rotating backward in that beginning shot.

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• BI

  @billfargo9616 · 4 years ago

  If you pump enough water into the ground, you will cause a steam explosion that might trigger earthquakes.

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