01-13-2008, 05:23 PM
Aloha,
Kapohokat, a rising sea level simply means a rising water table, which ensures a very long well life. As far as subsidence, the island is sinking and in a few million years will be nothing but a little bump. By the time you start having problems with your well caused by subsidence, you will probably have a nice ocean front property that will have been covered with lava several times. [
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Gtill, geothermal units for homes are usally refered to as heat pumps. All they do is take either heat or coolness from the ground and transfer it to your house. Its basically a heater/AC combo. I've never seen one here in hawaii, but I suppose it would work here. Some units use cold ground water to cool the home. As for drilling to harness the volcanic energy for home use, I doubt that would be a safe thing to do. Not to mention the 10,000 feet you would have to drill...
Daniel R Diamond
Kapohokat, a rising sea level simply means a rising water table, which ensures a very long well life. As far as subsidence, the island is sinking and in a few million years will be nothing but a little bump. By the time you start having problems with your well caused by subsidence, you will probably have a nice ocean front property that will have been covered with lava several times. [
]Gtill, geothermal units for homes are usally refered to as heat pumps. All they do is take either heat or coolness from the ground and transfer it to your house. Its basically a heater/AC combo. I've never seen one here in hawaii, but I suppose it would work here. Some units use cold ground water to cool the home. As for drilling to harness the volcanic energy for home use, I doubt that would be a safe thing to do. Not to mention the 10,000 feet you would have to drill...
Daniel R Diamond
Daniel R Diamond