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Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by boxed on Monday March 03, 2025 @12:40AM (#43238624)
If your ground heat system also provides cooling that's no longer a problem. I have that for my house. It's pretty great. You're basically time-shifting temperatures across the year. Cool temperatures get shifter to summer and warm to winter. The hole itself won't freeze, because you're not significantly pulling or pushing energy down it.
Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by cyberax on Monday March 03, 2025 @03:21AM (#43239534)
Even without running the AC, you generally will likely get enough heat flux from the surface and (hopefully) from the water table to thaw the ice during the summer for horizontal loops.

I don't have a personal experience with vertical loops.