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Old 07-02-2008, 12:24 PM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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Niners fan - you can actually do that with a ground based heat pump. These systems take advantage of the nearly constant temperature a few feet underground to raise the efficiency of heat pumps. The technology is here right now.
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Old 07-02-2008, 01:06 PM
 
Location: Boise, ID
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Niners fan - you can actually do that with a ground based heat pump. These systems take advantage of the nearly constant temperature a few feet underground to raise the efficiency of heat pumps. The technology is here right now.
I thought he was referring to generating electricity from geothermal like they do in Iceland.
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Old 07-02-2008, 01:21 PM
 
Location: Boise, ID
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In the debate about regulations to ensure competition but here is a timely example:

Google-Yahoo deal subject of antitrust probe: report: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance (broken link)
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