Yes, but geothermal uses a lot less electricity than any other heating/cooling method. With a solar roof, Tesla power wall, and geothermal you can essentially be off the grid and could even get through several days without sun. I guess if you really wanted to be comfortable in all possible circumstances, additional backup gasoline generator would be good too.
Well, you don't have to be hooked into the grid if you are self-sufficient. But, if you are hooked in, then you can use your batteries to run your house during peak hours (when energy is expensive) and even sell some electricity back to the grid (for money), then at night you can recharge your batteries with less expensive energy.
Define good. Cheap? Reliable?
If you have geothermal your heating and cooling costs go way down, to a level where you could run all of your electronics with solar and batteries under most circumstances, or with a gasoline generator, thought you have to keep buying gasoline, which isn't really off the grid, but gasoline could be stockpiled.
Yes, but geothermal uses a lot less electricity than any other heating/cooling method. With a solar roof, Tesla power wall, and geothermal you can essentially be off the grid and could even get through several days without sun. I guess if you really wanted to be comfortable in all possible circumstances, additional backup gasoline generator would be good too.
Well, you don't have to be hooked into the grid if you are self-sufficient. But, if you are hooked in, then you can use your batteries to run your house during peak hours (when energy is expensive) and even sell some electricity back to the grid (for money), then at night you can recharge your batteries with less expensive energy.
Define good. Cheap? Reliable?
If you have geothermal your heating and cooling costs go way down, to a level where you could run all of your electronics with solar and batteries under most circumstances, or with a gasoline generator, thought you have to keep buying gasoline, which isn't really off the grid, but gasoline could be stockpiled.
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