Geothermal Heating
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that looks kinda perverted.... 0:05 and hide the annotations!!!
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i got a project on geothermal energy and at this point i still have no clues about what it is
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@adamworth1979 No actually you are mistaken again, for the following reasons: 1. geothermal units have PUMPS which are used to circulate the heat transfer fluid which moves the heat from the earth to the home (or visa versa in the winter). These pumps USE ELECTRICITY (although they are very efficient). 2. When a temperature is required which is beyond that of the ground (not hot or cold enough) the pumps use a vapor-compression refrigeration cycle that moves heat requiring MORE ELECTRICITY.
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@danzoly No, actually you are mistaken. There is a difference between the energy or power required to run any heating/cooling unit and the power required to heat or cool. A geothermal unit does NOT pollute in the heating or cooling process since the energy required for this process is harnessed from the earth. You're talking apples and oranges here. My old oil furnace uses electricity to start, run the pump plus it pollutes by burning oil to heat.
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@adamworth1979 ...Easy there tiger. So I guess electric heaters and air conditioning units can be called non-polluting too! (because we don't consider the "power company") What he said in the video was that: "so what are the benefits of geothermal heating..." "...and is therefore 100% non-polluting" is grossly misleading and insulting to my profession.
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@danzoly you're a freaking moron. The unit itself IS 100% non-polluting. Pay attention dumb ass... He is talking about the unit not the power company.
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Very cool
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"100% non-polluting" ??? so then it must run off of hopes and dreams rather than electricity, what a joke
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i got question
can it work with large apartment buildings
and doesnt the thermal energy below the surface of the ground got sucked out if there is a continues long winter?
best video ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kylebinder96 9 months ago 4
It would only be non-polluting if the electricity used to operate it was completely solar-powered...we forget that in large portions of the world, electricity is still generated via burning of fossil fuels or nuclear power, either of which has disadvantages that are already well documented.
Having said that, it really IS a great way to heat/cool a space...the science is there, and has been proven!
pheenix42 2 years ago 2