Tim Hutzler wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
TH>Now, if one can take their car motor and place it on a fixed
TH>station, cogenerating heat and electricity. Then it would
TH>pay, IF you have a use for the heat byproduct. But, for most
TH>of us that simply isn't practical.
RJT>Hmm,  I wonder whether something like that would work with
RJT>one of those arrangements that stores excess heat in the
RJT>ground...
 TH> The problem is containment. If you put heat into the earth, it 
 TH> would radiate outwards, and eventually to the surface and lose 
 TH> it. Also, any rainwater that soaks into the ground, or pass 
 TH> through it (ie. a shallow water table) would carry away heat.
 TH> The heat would have to be contained in some sort of tank, a 
 TH> very large tank. If you happen to have one, that's fine - most 
 TH> folks don't. 
I'm not familiar with the particulars,  which is why I put it that way,  but 
that sort of thing is being done,  and in this area too.  Someone who was 
into it posted in here not all that long ago,  in fact.
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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