I grew up in the midwest where everything is honestly extreme… Even though it’s a yellow state that I was born & 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, both of us are regularly subjected to honestly extreme weather & air conditions. If it’s summer, the heat & humidity are going to be oppressive. If it’s winter, the frigid air & snow are going to halt all of your normal plans. As such, you rely severely heavily on any sort of Heating and Air Conditioning component in your home for comfort & safety. It’s literally a danger to you if you do not have central heating & cooling in your house, then because the outdoor air temperature is so extreme, you run the risk of hypothermia or heat stroke on any given afternoon. This is why I forced air gas furnaces & large cooling systems are king. This is also why I had never heard of geothermal heat pumps before in our 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 Heating and Air Conditioning run around & 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 & forth between your lake house & 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 anywhere less extreme, geothermal heat pumps are the coolest way to keep your lake house comfy all year