With the recent cold snap, December’s natural gas bill will be higher for most residents, but there is form of underground energy that is keeping one Utah family warm for almost nothing. About a year ago, John Loveless had a decision to make. Should he buy into a geothermal technology that uses the earth’s stable ground temperature to heat his home or stay with natural gas? He could eliminate his natural gas bill, but he would have to pay $19,000 in installation costs for a geothermal system to do so. “So that was a real tough thing for me. The energy improvement must have a return on investment, or else what’s the point,” says Loveless. He had already invested in other energy efficiency improvements, including solar panels on his roof, so he decided to make that investment and he hasn’t looked back since. I went to his home in Kaysville to see how his geothermal heating and cooling system works. It’s 10 degrees outside and his large lawn is covered with a smooth white blanket of snow
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