To Geothermal or Not, Is One Reader’s Question

Posted on January 16th, 2008 in alternative energy, energy efficient products, environment by Green Talk

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The Geothermal features at Yellowstone Park. Photo by Kevin Saff by permission

I received an email from one of my readers, Ronald, who asked the following question in regards to my geothermal post. I did not want to bury his question in that post, and am giving him a separate forum on the site. Ronald lives in the northeast and his 35 year old house is presently heated by hot water baseboard via an oil furnace. His questions are as follows:

“It is my understanding that geothermal heat can only be used with a forced air system. Am I correct (we have hot water heat and no a/c)?”

“I would also like to understand if our oil furnace can be our backup and does this make sense?”

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