Recently when I was visiting some friends down south I realized that there was a better way to do things when it came to indoor air handling devices.
I grew up in the midwest where everything is very extreme. Even though it’s a blue state that I was born and raised in, there are a lot of extreme right-wing whack jobs up here. The people who have progressive opinions are just as dramatic in the opposite direction. On top of these differing political opinions, we are constantly subjected to very extreme weather and air conditions. If it’s summer, the heat and humidity are going to be oppressive. If it’s winter, the frigid air and snow are going to halt all of your normal plans. As such, you rely extremely heavily on any sort of HVAC device in your home for comfort and safety. It’s literally a danger to you if you don’t have central heating and cooling in your house. Because the outdoor air temperature is so extreme, you run the risk of hypothermia or heat stroke on any given day. This is why I forced air furnaces and large air conditioning systems are king. This is also why I had never heard of geothermal heat pumps before in my life. Recently when I was visiting some friends down south I realized that there was a better way to do things when it came to indoor air handling devices. Namely, you could skip the HVAC run around and get a geothermal heat pump to control your indoor temperature all year round. Geothermal heat pumps work by passing the inherent energy of the Earth back and forth between your house and a system which you install deep underground. After that, you direct the flow of energy to add or subtract heat from your indoor environments. If you live somewhere less extreme, geothermal heat pumps are the coolest way to keep your house comfy all year