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Re:America's Geothermal Breakthrough Could Unlock a 150-Giga... by limagnolia on Saturday April 25, 2026 @09:15PM (#47906368)
Whisper Valley in Austin Texas is one example of a neighborhood geothermal installation: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/texas-whispe...

Maybe not quite exactly what you envision.

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Re:America's Geothermal Breakthrough Could Unlock a 150-Giga... by WarOnPrivacy on Sunday April 26, 2026 @01:48AM (#47907699)
> Maybe not quite exactly what you envision.

I'm too zonked to pick out the method from the article - but I'll offer that geo methods can be region specific. What I described fits the SE US, with our 13 month summers and abundant underground water.

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Re:America's Geothermal Breakthrough Could Unlock a 150-Giga... by limagnolia on Sunday April 26, 2026 @03:15PM (#47913032)
13 month summers lol :) Yeah, definitely if your interested neighborhood geothermal Whisper Valley seems to be the largest by far in the US, you might check it out.
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