/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>318962
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_heat_pump
>That type of heat pump can be used to supplement--or if you're lucky, replace--a building's climate control system (which is awesome), but it still requires energy to run.
>And you will not be generating any electricity with one. I'm not sure why you brought it up as an alternative way to generate power when it is no such thing.

It's saving massive amounts of energy though, which is functionally equivalent to generating energy. Stop strawmanning my arguments.