Untapped Energy Just Under Our Feet

With the days of 'good and plenty' coming to aheat energy will produce a desired temperature.
close we must start to do things differently toThe energy is renewable because of the thermal
survive in this ever changing world. We aremass of the earth.
starting to understand that there is not anUnderstanding how to get to this energy is our
unlimited supply of resources and we must startnext challenge. Many parts of the country
to look in every direction for new ideas toespecially in rural areas have already embraced
conserve our natural resources.this technology because of the lack of availability
With the ever increasing cost of living we need toof economic fuel The cost of putting in a new
start being creative and find ways to decreasesystem should not be a concern because there is
our living expenses. In recent article 'Is a risk freeapproximately a 6 to 8 year return on your
investment a fantasy' I showed how to makeinvestment and this could be even less depending
your home a true investment and how to get ridon the rising cost of fuel.
of a mortgage quickly and increase your netIn the traditional furnace heater a high percent of
worth dramatically in 7 to 12 years.the heat produced goes out the chimney along
Now I am going to show you there is untappedwith CO2 and air pollution. In a heat pump no fuel
energy just under our feet that is free andis burned so there are no emissions into the
renewable that will help all of us decrease ouratmosphere and the heat pump produces as
heating and cooling bills and ultimately reduce ourmuch heat as required. Because of how this
need for foreign oil.system is designed the heat pump can be installed
Why have we not heard of this energy before?inside the home and because the heat pump is
The biggest reason I can think of is that othernot exposed to the extremes of winter and
methods worked just fine, the price was okaysummer the heat pump will last a lot longer.
and the powers to be or status quo liked theirThe Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) is not the
positions of making money by selling aonly answer to solving the energy crisis but this
consumable that everyone needed. Now becausegeothermal energy is usually not thought of as a
of our present concerns we are saying enough isviable solution. Other solutions are solar
enough. With the rising cost of oil, thephotovoltaic power, solar hot water, and wind
environment and global warming and the fact thatpower. The equipment is not free but by
we are sending billions of dollars overseas to ourcombining the installation of any of the above with
enemies who control the oil and thus potentiallya risk free investment strategy the cost of the
our county's future and security, we are startingsystems will be a lot less by decreasing the cost
to realize that we need change. I believe one ofof borrowing other people's money. Surprisingly
the greatest venues is the power of the internetthe GSHP has the best return on your investment
and how one person like myself can make aof all the above except may be wind power.
difference and so can you.Another concern is how we build our homes. If
The temperature of the earth 6 feet down is 50we would design our homes to be efficient users
to 55 degrees Fahrenheit all year long andof energy the cost of heating and cooling a home
consistently almost anywhere in the world. Thewould go way down. In the future our homes
concept for most non-technical people is thecould be designed to have a zero carbon foot
understanding the difference betweenprint and require no outside utilities to heat, cool,
temperature and heat energy and how heatand power a home. In the future we may
pumps are able to transfer heat energy from oneconsider living in earth sheltered homes that would
place to another and that the accumulation of thetake full use of the energy under our feet.