Monday I called the heating oil company and closed our oil delivery account. Monday was the same day that our geo thermal heating/ cooling system was started up.
Geo thermal is simple – water is drawn from a well, piped through a heat exchanger, and returned to the aquifer through a return well.
I recognize that I still drive a car and use oil in other ways, but at least I can eliminate up to a thousand gallons of oil per year from our footprint. The next step will be a wind turbine to supply us with electricity, but that’s still a few years off, and will require a bit of research and planning. All in all, we are patiently taking a more sustainable direction in our lives, and it feels good…and it feels right.
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| Well boring rig in place for main well |
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| Well supply truck |
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| Main well finished and capped |
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| Return well and piping trench |
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| Running the electric wires |
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| Prepping the submersible pump for installation |
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| The heat exchanger during installation |
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| Finished! |
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