ᐅ Geothermal Energy: Pros and Cons?

Created on: 2 Jul 2014 20:22
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bswunde
This question has probably been asked many times before, but I just have to ask again:

What do you think about geothermal heating? Has anyone built with this system? Pros and cons? How do you all heat your homes?

Best regards!
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bswunde
8 Jul 2014 10:23
We are doing that too. Thanks^^

In the neighborhood, a street over, a house was also built with geothermal heating last year. Maybe that’s a good sign.
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Doc.Schnaggls
8 Jul 2014 10:31
If drilling has already been done in the neighborhood without causing any faults, that is a good sign.

Due to the issues in the neighboring town, geothermal drilling is no longer permitted here.

Regards,

Dirk
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chaosandi
3 Aug 2014 07:37
Has anyone ever heard of a water source from a deep borehole drying up after several years?
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hbf12
3 Aug 2014 09:36
chaosandi schrieb:
Has anyone ever heard of a spring drying up after a deep well drilling over the course of several years?

What kind of springs?
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Doc.Schnaggls
3 Aug 2014 09:58
Source?

What do you mean by that?
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chaosandi
3 Aug 2014 12:04
Hmm, well, maybe I’m oversimplifying it, but:

if I extract energy from the "ground," meaning from the soil or water (energy source), it must somehow regenerate for me to continue drawing energy.

Are there cases where a system became unusable because the energy was “all used up”?

One of my heating specialists mentioned something like that… that’s why he would always prefer to spread the system over a larger area rather than going deeper.