Originally Posted by damaclese

Natural gas is cheaper here in the US then Electric guess it depends on were you live North America is a vary big content here in Las Vegas the ground is so hard below 5 to 10 ft the you have to blast it with explosives or use a jack hammer this layer is called Caleacha its a prehistoric layer of clay and volcanic rock that has solidified so digging trenches or wells to place ground sours heat pump would cost 30k or 40K the system would ware out before it ever payed for its self its to bad to as Nevada has ample Geothermal heat there are hot springs all around the city is an ancient site of a large Volcano and we are only 90mils from death Vally the largest abduction falt in North America not to stray from the topic but the Geology here is complexes and highly fascinating if i had a hot spring id tap in to it for heat but the number of heating days here are of course vary low in comparison to the number of cooling day in a perfect world id use Magnetic cooling heheh wouldn't that blow every ones mind