The power requirements of our future are staggering. We will not keep up with the old ways.
With that said, I am pro-coal, pro-oil, pro-NG, etc. In fact I wish we would stop fucking around with solar and wind and get serious about NG and Geothermal.
Also, if you are digging a well, you can drop a loop down there.
Once you go below the frost line, the earth is around 68F year round.
I saw this little gem the other day and enjoyed how low tech it was. This is in AZ (Tucson, I believe) so this would not work where one has a real Winter. But actually I'll wager that it could work in a place with a real Winter with some changes (deeper hole for the container, insulated pipe, etc.).
We need to revisit nuclear power in a big way.
Gen IV Reactors, and perhaps especially Thorium reactors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_IV_reactor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble-bed_reactor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power
The power requirements of our future are staggering. We will not keep up with the old ways.
With that said, I am pro-coal, pro-oil, pro-NG, etc. In fact I wish we would stop fucking around with solar and wind and get serious about NG and Geothermal.
I love the idea of geo-thermal. I haven't studied it enough to know any drawbacks or ramifications though.
You can effect a form of geothermal. I wouldn't say it's easy to do, but it's fairly understandable how to do it.
It ain't gonna cover your electric bill, but it can cover all or most of your heating/cooling bill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc_BbbMi1cg
Also, if you are digging a well, you can drop a loop down there.
Once you go below the frost line, the earth is around 68F year round.
I saw this little gem the other day and enjoyed how low tech it was. This is in AZ (Tucson, I believe) so this would not work where one has a real Winter. But actually I'll wager that it could work in a place with a real Winter with some changes (deeper hole for the container, insulated pipe, etc.).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb5aHQO47kM
Would love to make one of those for a shed as an experiment.
That's cool! The hot springs up here has a geothermal greenhouse. I think it's impressive when people figure out how to "nature better".. lol