The challenge is for people who live in apartment buildings in urban environment where you have no front yard you can drill into at your leisure.

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crote 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The solution is of course to get a communal system. As a bonus, drilling one giant loop is significantly cheaper than drilling hundreds of smaller ones.

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joe_mamba 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>The solution is of course to get a communal system.

If it's that simple why is Austria not doing this in the cities? I don't know any voter who opposes cleaner air and cheaper heating.

	▲	dzhiurgis an hour ago \| parent [-]
		If you have district heating I think there might be conflict of interest / regulatory capture.

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cyberax 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It doesn't work this way. Dense cities just don't have enough space for geothermal heating. It really works for single-family homes only, or maybe just a slightly more dense areas.

Not to mention that city infrastructure is WAY too expensive to build, anywhere. You'll spend more money on planning than on doing the actual construction.

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