As temperatures dip across the country, most homeowners are seeing their utility bills increase. However, for those homes outfitted with geothermal heating systems, the utility bills are relatively miniscule, as they have been all year. Price remains a sticking point among many in the residential building market. They relish the thought of low utility bills, but balk at the thousands of dollars it can cost to install a geothermal system. The fact is that geothermal technology is proven to save people money every day – as much as 80 percent. Capitalizing on the constant temperature beneath the earth’s surface, it doesn’t work as hard to heat a structure as traditional electric or gas systems.
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