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Re:You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill dee... by FredPret on Saturday February 26, 2022 @09:35AM (#30477867)
Wait, do you need eight 250ft wells?
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Re:You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill dee... by tinco on Saturday February 26, 2022 @11:09AM (#30478737)
Yeah for a family home that seems about right. 250ft is not very deep at all, and you need to store a lot of energy to past a whole winter/summer.
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Re:You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill dee... by jmacd on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:49PM (#30504241)
For a closed loop system, yes. I think that would be the minimum (6000 sq ft house) at 250ft depths.
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