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		thomasmg 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath ou... Yes. And in Switzerland, I believe most new houses have some other type of heat pump (drilling for geothermal is not allowed everywhere, or too expensive). This all still needs electricity; but many houses now install photovoltaics. (At least where I live.)

kragen 5 months ago [–]

This is completely unrelated to the article, which is about geothermal power, not ground-source heat pumps.

thomasmg 4 months ago | [–]

I mean heat pumps where you drill around 200 meters deep. Whether you want to call those geothermal or ground-source, that is up to you I guess.

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