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Re:Geothermal's path to relevance: cheap drilling by fulafel on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @12:43AM (#29009622)
Maybe a factory, many of them use heat in the range that heat pumps are suited for.
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Re:Geothermal's path to relevance: cheap drilling by kragen on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @01:12AM (#29009787)
Only if they have access to another source of energy to power the heat pump and the other machinery that doesn't run on low-grade heat.
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Re:Geothermal's path to relevance: cheap drilling by fulafel on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @02:32AM (#29010168)
Sure, factories run on many inputs, you cany do much with just electricity either :)
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Re:Geothermal's path to relevance: cheap drilling by kragen on Monday November 01, 2021 @11:51AM (#29068369)
Energy has a special place: every factory uses it, and you can do a lot with just energy, minerals, labor, and space.
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