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minus-squareRakonat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThey could also use geothermal for significantly cheaper and environmentally friendly long term climate control but they don’t want to pay the up front construction costs.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoGeothermal power is limited to specific locations, and the best source in the US, Yellowstone, can’t have power plants built by law. And I just realized you meant geothermal HVAC. You’d probably need a lot of space to dissipate that heat, but should technically be possible
They could also use geothermal for significantly cheaper and environmentally friendly long term climate control but they don’t want to pay the up front construction costs.
Geothermal power is limited to specific locations, and the best source in the US, Yellowstone, can’t have power plants built by law.
And I just realized you meant geothermal HVAC. You’d probably need a lot of space to dissipate that heat, but should technically be possible