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The time has finally come for geothermal energy

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160 points riordan | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 13:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.267s | source
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adverbly ◴[17 Nov 25 16:51 UTC] No.45955387[source]▶
Drill baby drill!

Seriously this would be such a dream!

Turns out that the best battery is literally 10 feet away* - and you don't even need to charge it!

*if you want to make steam its a few thousand, but for heating and cooling its literally just 10 feet!

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1. blacksmith_tb ◴[17 Nov 25 19:41 UTC] No.45957357[source]▶
Well, heat pumps are awesome, but ground-source is overkill for many places where the air temps don't fall too low (and it's a lot harder to drill holes behind your house).