Benefits of Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Provided by: http://www.geothermalgenius.org
Video on the benefits of geothermal heat pumps as an alternative heating and cooling solution. No more propane or oil burning in the winter, check out geothermal.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Solar
• Geothermal
• Environment
• Energy
• Installation
• Efficient
• Heating
• Cooling
• GeoExchange
• Ground
• Loop
• WaterFurnace

[HumanityWins]

newton is having headache?

[GeniusGeothermal]

@donnacha2006 Easy there Cheif - a geothermal system does require electricity to circulate the pumps, but it requires significantly less electricity than any other option. Lets say you had window air conditioners, you'd be using alot of electricity to power them. Now lets say you had geothermal, you would be using a fraction of the electricity (less than 1/4) to produce the air conditioning you need. You are correct that insulation should be addressed first.

[GeniusGeothermal]

@homie0smurf. Ground temperatures are only slightly different depending where you live, but not as much as you'd think (maybe 10 degrees from PA to FL). Geothermal Heating and Cooling works anywhere in the U.S. Ground temperature has nothing to do with hot springs, volcano, etc. The ground is heated by the sun, not the earths core. It stays a consistent temperature which makes geothermal viable is almost any situation.

[homie0smurf]

i have a simple question. is it depends where on the earth you live ? In other words is the earth temperature same in all continents and areas. Do I have to be near hot spring of water etc. 

[GeniusGeothermal]

As far as costs go - please consider reading the article "Geothermal by the numbers pa". It explains why geothermal can be a good financial investment in a property. To get to it simply google "Geothermal by the Numbers PA"

[GeniusGeothermal]

@donnacha2006.

Geothermal is a more efficient heating and cooling system. This means one would use less fossil fuel (heating oil, propane, coal, etc.) to heat their home during the winter and they would also use less electricity in the summer to air condition than before.

Insulation is good too, I would recommend insulation and then installing a more efficient system.

In summary geothermal systems allow homeowners to burn significantly less fossil fuels and use less electricity.

[donnacha2006]

bullshit. save the earth my ass. unless u have a wind turbine powering the heat pump and circulating pumps u aint saving shit. as far as i know (because no one will tell me) it costs 2-3 k a year to run this system depending on the house size. 20k to 30k to install. spend ur money on insulation and u wont need much if any heat

[dhjil9]

3 people hate the Earth

[BrokenRRT]

What would make this the "right thing to do" is make it free or at least non profit to start.