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Not anything that would be available in the short term, but geothermal should work well in some parts of Canada, and where it is not enough for power generation
by bjoli 3y ago
Not anything that would be available in the short term, but geothermal should work well in some parts of Canada, and where it is not enough for power generation it should still work for heating homes in an effective manner using small scale(ish) installations that cover maybe 10-15 houses at the same time. I had it installed in my house recently, and the most expensive part was the drilling. A government program to lower that threshold would probably be a good way to reduce peak energy.
Regarding meat, I am also all for feeding cows grass only, but that means land use balloons like crazy.
- tonyarkles 3y agoYeah geothermal is amazing here for heating and cooling but not quite hot enough for “standard” geothermal power generation. There is an experimental pilot project happening in the south of the province where they think they may have found a technique that might work for power but it is so far unproven and the first plant is targeting only 5MW. 100% it is the way to go for carbon-free heating and cooling here. For new rural builds it’s even cost competitive. A friend of mine recently built a house and getting a gas line installed was going to cost $40k. Installing geothermal came in below that and with a COP of 4 it ends up coming out marginally cheaper on a monthly basis (1kWh of electricity costs approximately the same as 3kWh of natural gas heating here). He has resistive heating backup but I think it has only kicked in once or twice over 5 years. And yeah, definitely not scalable for everyone to just split a hobby-grown cow with their whole family. It sure is nice for us though!