stackyFACTSSurface weather is a chaotic mess, but dig ten feet into the ground and the temperature stays entirely static all year round.
Surface weather is a chaotic mess, but dig ten feet into the ground and the temperature stays entirely static all year round. By burying hundreds of feet of fluid-filled pipes, you can violently extract this stable thermal energy. In winter, the fluid absorbs the underground heat and brings it up to warm the structure. In summer, the exact same system reverses, dumping excess surface heat back into the dirt where it belongs.
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