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The more you think about it, the more it makes sense to harness geothermal. A big breakthrough there could benefit our environment more than any other tech, exc
by 1970-01-01 3y ago
The more you think about it, the more it makes sense to harness geothermal. A big breakthrough there could benefit our environment more than any other tech, except fusion.
- simonebrunozzi 3y agoCheaper digging would be the breakthrough.
- 1970-01-01 3y agoOr vaporization of bedrock with a super laser
- barbazoo 3y agoFor residential purposes it seems to only require a depth of <2m [1]. Is moving dirt here a main cost? [1] https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/geothermal-heat-pumps https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/geothermal-heat-pumps
- barbazoo 3y agoDo you know what current limitations of residential geothermal are? From looking at https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/geothermal-heat-pumps https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/geothermal-heat-pumps it looks like you'd need quite a bit of space, so basically single family homes with somewhat of a yard. For bigger setups it would make more sense to capture the heat locally and distribute them to a whole neighborhood given how much deeper it would need to go.
- 1970-01-01 3y agoThe vertical system looks to be about the size of an average driveway or garage. Done at scale, mainly for new construction, system sizing isn't a problem.
- barbazoo 3y agoCould it be under a garage or a driveway tough or does it need to be accessible like a septic tank?