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Originally Posted by pawoSD
Geothermal, it uses heat stored in the ground, and heat pumps to extract/store the heat in the earth around your home. Its a pretty slick (and very efficient) system.
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AKA groun source heat pump. Heat pumps are interesting in that they can put out more energy in heat than they consume in electricity. The reason is because it is not producing the heat, just moving it from one place to another. Most heat pumps are "air source". So they have limitations in very cold weather. Ground source solves that issue.
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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra
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