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Y-bartoday at 2:15 PM1 replyview on HN

Can’t speak for large scale sites with abundant volcanic activity… But for residential geothermal the bore hole has a lifetime based on how much ground water there is and how active usage it sees.

This is because using it cools the hole slowly and after a few decades (depending on how quickly ground water can dissipate heat gradient) a new hole need to be drilled a distance away.


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analog31today at 4:16 PM

Can we cycle the holes? Use one while the other one is warming back up.